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Racial Disparities in Virginia Felony Court Cases, 2007-2015

Metadata Updated: February 14, 2023

Research examining racial disparities in the court system has typically focused on only one of the discrete stages in the criminal process (the charging, conviction, or sentencing stages), with the majority of the literature focusing on the sentencing stage. The literature has thus largely ignored the key early decisions made by the prosecutor such as their decision to prosecute, the determination of preliminary charges, charge reductions, and plea negotiations. Further, the few studies that have examined whether racial disparities arise in prosecutorial charging decisions are rarely able to follow these cases all the way through the criminal court process. This project sought to expand the literature by using a dataset on felony cases filed in twelve Virginia counties between 2007 through 2015 whereby each criminal incident can be followed from the initial charge filing stage to the final disposition. Using each felony case as the unit of analysis, this data was used to evaluate whether African Americans and whites that are arrested for the same felony crimes have similar final case outcomes.

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Metadata Created Date February 13, 2023
Metadata Updated Date February 14, 2023

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Metadata Created Date February 13, 2023
Metadata Updated Date February 14, 2023
Publisher National Institute of Justice
Maintainer
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Data First Published 2022-01-27T10:40:53
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Data Last Modified 2022-01-27T10:40:53
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