Sentence Disparity in Lewis and Clark and Gallatin Counties
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Authors
Cosgrove, Benji
Advisor
Editor
Date of Issue
1999-04-01
Subject Keywords
Montana, law, courts, sentencing
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Title
Sentence Disparity in Lewis and Clark and Gallatin Counties
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Type
thesis
Description
Abstract
This research investigates institutional discrimination in the Gallatin and Lewis and Clark County Courts exhibited in the sentencing phase of trial. Through an investigation ofthe sentences given by these courts in 1997, as well as the demographic factors ofthe offenders receiving sentences, institutional discrimination was apparent to some extent. The factors involved in this process are further explored through an examination of relevant sociological theory
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Degree Awarded
Bachelor's
Semester
Spring
Department
Sociology & Anthropology