MacDonald, John; Arkes, Jeremy; Nicosia, Nancy; Pacula, … - In: The Journal of Legal Studies 43 (2014) 1, pp. 155-155
We assess whether black-white disparities in commitments to prison or diversions to treatment for drug offenders in California can be explained by differences in the characteristics of criminal cases and whether case characteristics are weighed differently by race. We also examine whether the...