Sentence Disparity in Lewis and Clark and Gallatin Counties
Loading...
Authors
Cosgrove, Benji
Date of Issue
1999-04-01
Type
thesis
Language
Subject Keywords
Montana, law, courts, sentencing
Other Titles
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