Jerry Cederblom
Biographic Data
| ID | 4453354 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jerry Cederblom |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jerry |
| FAMILY NAME | Cederblom |
| SIGNATURE | CEDERBLOM J |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Nebraska at Omaha |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 3 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1979 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1991 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Race and disparities in sentencing: A test of the liberation hypothesis
This paper builds on Kalven and Zeisel's “liberation hypothesis” and explores the possibility that racial discrimination in sentencing is confined to less serious cases. We examined the sentences imposed on defendants convicted of violent felonies in Detroit. We found that defendant's race had a direct effect only on the decision to incarcerate but had indirect effects on both incarceration and sentence length. Further analysis revealed an intera…
A model for teaching criminal justice ethics
This article asks whether we can reasonably expect to make people more ethical by teaching ethics to them. We suggest that a justifiable aim in teaching ethics is to engage students in a serious dialogue concerning how they should conduct their lives as they embark on their careers. If a model for teaching ethics can accomplish this, it also might make students more ethical. After identifying several options that must be considered in designing a…
Engine of Injustice: The Criminal Justice System in Theory and Practice
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Engine of Injustice: The Criminal Justice System in Theory and Practice
Race and disparities in sentencing: A test of the liberation hypothesis
This paper builds on Kalven and Zeisel's “liberation hypothesis” and explores the possibility that racial discrimination in sentencing is confined to less serious cases. We examined the sentences imposed on defendants convicted of violent felonies in Detroit. We found that defendant's race had a direct effect only on the decision to incarcerate but had indirect effects on both incarceration and sentence length. Further analysis revealed an intera…
A model for teaching criminal justice ethics
This article asks whether we can reasonably expect to make people more ethical by teaching ethics to them. We suggest that a justifiable aim in teaching ethics is to engage students in a serious dialogue concerning how they should conduct their lives as they embark on their careers. If a model for teaching ethics can accomplish this, it also might make students more ethical. After identifying several options that must be considered in designing a…
Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis (3 works) · Criminology (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Criminal justice (2 works) · Economic Justice (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Psychology (2 works) · Advanced Causal Inference Techniques (1 works)