RACIAL JUSTICE - BLACK JUDGES AND DEFENDANTS IN THE METRO CITY CRIMINAL COURT, 1968-1974

• NCJ Number: 26519
• Author(s): T M UHLMAN
• Date Published: 1975
• Length: 527 pages
• Publication Format: Document
• Publication Type: Thesis/Dissertation
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
• Note: UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA - DISSERTATION

Annotation

AN EXTENSIVE STUDY TO DETERMINE IF THERE WERE ANY DIFFERENCES IN THE QUALITY OF JUSTICE DISPENSED BY BLACK AND WHITE JUDGES WHEN DEALING WITH BLACK AND WHITE DEFENDANTS.

Abstract

THE STUDY DISCLOSED THAT BLACK JUDGES WERE HARSHER ON BLACK DEFENDANTS THAN ON WHITE DEFENDANTS -- BUT SO WERE WHITE JUDGES. NO SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCES WERE FOUND BETWEEN THE BACKGROUNDS OR BEHAVIORS OF BLACK JUDGES AND WHITE JUDGES. DISCREPANCIES WERE FOUND BETWEEN THE TREATMENT AFFORDED BLACK DEFENDANTS AND WHITE DEFENDANTS, BUT THE RACE OF THE JUDGE WAS NOT RELATED TO DEFENDANT TREATMENT. 'METRO CITY' WAS NOT IDENTIFIED.