Race, drug, and criminal sentencing: Hidden effects of the criminal law

Extra-Legal Attributes and Criminal Sentencing: An Assessment of a Sociological Viewpoint

John Hagan · Law & Society Review · 1974 · 443 citations

Social Sciences, Criminal Law, Criminology +14

Racial Discrimination in Criminal Sentencing: A Critical Evaluation of the Evidence with Additional Evidence on the Death Penalty

Gary Kleck · American Sociological Review · 1981 · 383 citations

Law, Criminal Law, Criminology +15

On the Racial Disproportionality of United States' Prison Populations

Alfred Blumstein · The Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology (1973-) · 1982 · 354 citations

Social Sciences, Criminology, Demography +11

Changing Conceptions of Race: Towards an Account of Anomalous Findings of Sentencing Research

Ruth D. Peterson, John Hagan · American Sociological Review · 1984 · 333 citations

Social Sciences, Criminology, Sociology +11

Research on Sentencing: The Search for Reform

Donald J. Harris, Alfred Blumstein, Jacqueline Cohen et al. · The Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology (1973-) · 1984 · 307 citations

Law, Criminal Law, Criminology +9