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59 B.C. L. Rev. 1187 (2018)
Criminalizing Race: Racial Disparities in Plea-Bargaining

handle is hein.journals/bclr59 and id is 1210 raw text is: CRIMINALIZING RACE: RACIAL DISPARITIES IN PLEA-BARGAINING CARLOS BERDEJO INTRODUCTION ................................................................... 1189 I. RACIAL DISPARITIES IN CRIMINAL CASE OUTCOMES ................................. 1194 A. Racial Disparities in Sentencing ................................................ 1194 B. The Critical Role ofProsecutors. ............................... .......... 1196 II. SENTENCING IN WISCONSIN AND DESCRIPTION OF THE DATA ...................... 1200 A. Criminal Justice in Wisconsin. ........................................... 1201 1. The Criminal Justice Process .................................................1201 2. Prison Population and Incarceration Rates ..................................... 1203 B. Description ofthe Data......................................... ........ 1204 1. Overview of the Database........................................................ 1204 2. Construction of the Variables. ............................... .................1206 III. RESULTS ...................................................................... 1207 A. Racial Disparities in Sentencing ................................................ 1207 B. Racial Disparities in Plea-Bargaining. ................................ ..... 1213 1. Charge Reductions and Crime Severity ....................... .................1214 2. Charge Reductions and Defendant's Criminal History .............................1220 3. Controlling for Defendant and Crime Characteristics. .............. ............... 1224 4. The Role of Prosecuting and Defense Attorneys............... ......................1231 5. Race as a Proxy for Criminality. ............................... ............. 1237 C. Racial Disparities in Initial Charging ................................ ..... 1239 CONCLUSION ............................................................ 1240 APPENDIX 1 .............................................................. 1246 APPENDIX 2 ...................................................................... 1247 APPENDIX 3 ...................................................................... 1248 APPENDIX 4 .............................................................. 1249 1187

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