The winner of the 2022 James F Short Jr Distinguished Paper Award is Scott Duxbury! https://t.co/R6Eqgjrofk
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(14/22) "States adopted new sentencing policies as a nonlinear response to minority group size, sentencing policies were adopted in response to white public, but not black public, support for punitive crime policy." https://t.co/lbkiYgzxwW
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A careful study by Scott Duxbury showing that mass incarceration followed black population size and white support for punitive crime control, not surprising, but not previously documented https://t.co/hNoG0f7JYW
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Online first: In "Who Controls Criminal Law?," Duxbury explores "whether criminal sentencing law is uniquely responsive to white ... interests." Findings suggest that white support for punitive measures results in adoption of new sentencing policies. ht