Pourquoi l'inégalité devant la loi
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6184641 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Amedeo Cottino, Maria-Grazia Fischer |
| Year | 1996 |
| Volume | 20 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 199-214 |
| Publication date | 1996-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Déviance et Société (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0378-7931 • E-ISSN: 2296-4096 |
| Publisher | PERSEE Program (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.3406/ds.1996.1606 |
| OpenAlex | W1997787766 |
| Language | FR |
| Citations received | 5 |
Most research on the issue of equality before the law has shown that variables such as social class and ethnicity - just to mention a few - influence the outcome of the penal process. Thus, for example, criminal cases where Blacks or working class people are involved, systematically receive a harsher treatment than cases where Whites or members of the ruling class are prosecuted. What has been difficult to explain is how those variables act. The investigation carried out in Torino represents an attempt to fill this gap. During 1993 one hundred criminal processes taking place at a lower Court (pretura) in Torino have been observed and recorded by two independent observers. Both white and blue collar crimes have been taken into consideration. Direct observation has made possible to reconstruct some of the mechanisms producing inequality of treatment. In particular the attention has been placed on the social and individual characteristics of the prosecuted (including profession, clothing, language, behavior during the hearings, etc.), and the quality of the defence. The latter showed to be clearly related to both social class and type of crime. The overall conclusion, supported by both qualitative and quantitative data, is that a factor which is strategic as to the outcome of the process is the access to a private attorney. The analytical model based on the variables of social class, type of crime and type of defence predicts the outcome of the process in 80% of the cases
Criminology · Economics · Epistemology · Ethnic group · Inequality · Political science · Social class · Sociology · Comparative and International Law Studies · Law · Legal Systems and Institutions · Migration, Identity, and Health · Psychology · Social Psychology
| Unique citing works | 5 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,19 |
| Citation span | 1999 - 2017 (19) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |