Download or read book Race and Sentencing written by Roger Hood and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1992 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines whether race is a factor influencing the sentences imposed on men and women in the English Crown Courts. Based on many cases, this study reveals a pattern of racial differences in the resort to custody, the lengths of sentences, and the choice of alternative punishments.