Contextualizing sentencing disparities: using conjunctive analysis of case configurations to identify patterns of variability

Using national data from felony cases processed in state courts (n = 48,006), the current study investigates the nature and magnitude of contextual variability associated with sentencing outcomes. Multivariate models are first estimated to identify the main effects of various offender and offense variables on sentencing decisions. Conjunctive analysis is then used to evaluate the contextual variability of each of these main effects across all observed combinations of offender and offense attributes. Separate analyses are also conducted among states with and without mandatory sentencing guidelines to explore whether these guidelines reduce this variability across different contexts. Findings from this study and its comparative methods are discussed in terms of implications for future research on criminal sentencing and assessing the contextual variability of the main effects of particular legal and extralegal factors.     

当代中国的群体性事件:形象地位变迁和分类框架再构

当代中国群体性事件形象地位的变迁有一个过程,它进入公共领域有着结构性原因.以2004年以来发生的典型群体性事件为例,采用一种互斥性更强的分类框架可以将群体性事件分为七类,它们分别是:(1)直接利益相关的原生型集体维权抗争;(2)无直接利益相关的群体泄愤事件;(3)地方政治生态恶化诱致的突发群体性事件;(4)行业集体行动...     

加强贵阳市矿产资源就地转化的思考

矿产资源是决定未来经济发展的关键因素,是体现经济实力和发展潜力的主要标志之一。贵阳市矿产资源丰富,在全国、全省都占有极其重要的地位,必须切实提高矿产资源就地转化率,才能把矿产资源优势转化为经济优势和竞争优势。     

贵州农产品加工业在工业强省中的发展对策

农产品加工业是现代农业的重要组成部分,是农民就地就近就业的载体,是农业迈上新水平的平台,是国民经济的重要产业。贵州省在实施工业强省战略中,应通过加快农产品加工业的发展,推动农业集约经营、农民增加收入、农村繁荣稳定。