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Race and Punishment: Racial Perceptions of Crime and Support for Punitive Policies (The Sentencing Project 2014)

  • Organization: The Sentencing Project
  • Document Type: Brief/Motion Papers
  • Date Created: Wednesday, September 03, 2014
  • Submitted: Wednesday, September 03, 2014
  • Attachment(s): LINK

Race and Punishment: Racial Perceptions of Crime and Support for Punitive Policies, authored by Nazgol Ghandnoosh, Ph.D., synthesizes two decades of research revealing that white Americans’ strong association of crime with blacks and Latinos is related to their support for punitive policies that disproportionately impact people of color.

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