To address this gap in knowledge, we use data collected from the United States Sentencing Commission to test whether American Indians receive different sentencing outcomes when compared to other racia

The gap

Consensus across the literature

Supporting evidence — 3 representative gaps

• Examining the role of racial and ethnic differences, the level of services inventory-revised tool, and other well-known inmate characteristics in predicting prison misconduct (2026) · doi

  This study examines the role of racial/ethnic factors contributing to prison misconduct, especially for Native American inmates, which is an understudied population, utilizing the Level of Services Inventory (LSI-R) among other control variables.

  Keywords: examines role racial ethnic factors contributing prison misconduct especially native american inmates understudied population utilizing
• Punishment within Prison: An Examination of the Influences of Prison Officials’ Decisions to Remove Sentencing Credits (2017) · doi

  Despite considerable research directed toward understanding the factors that affect punishment decision-making leading to imprisonment, few studies have examined the influences of punishment decisions within prisons.

  Keywords: punishment despite considerable directed toward understanding factors affect decision making leading imprisonment examined influences decisions
• Assessing Sentencing Disparities among American Indians within the Eighth, Ninth, and Tenth Federal Circuit Courts (2019) · doi

  To address this gap in knowledge, we use data collected from the United States Sentencing Commission to test whether American Indians receive different sentencing outcomes when compared to other racial groups.

  Keywords: sentencing address knowledge collected united states commission test whether american indians receive different outcomes compared