Sentencing and justice outcomes over defendants' ethnicity, gender, age and area of residence

Session Submission Type: Pre-arranged Panel

Abstract

The panel presents studies based on analyses of the first linked datasets between the magistrates’ courts and the Crown Court administrative data in England and Wales, UK. The linking methodology and linked research-ready datasets have been produced as part of a pioneering data-linking programme, Data First, funded by ADR UK (Administrative Data Research UK). The programme links administrative datasets from across the justice system and with other government departments to provide powerful new insights on justice system users, their pathways, and outcomes across a range of public services.
After a short introduction to and overview of the achievements of the Data First programme to date and its academic research potential, the panel will present five studies:
• Returning defendants and distributive justice outcomes evidenced from Data First linked criminal courts data in England and Wales, 2011-2019
• Ethnicity, gender and community sentences
• Ethnic Inequalities in Sentencing in England and Wales: Evidence from the Ministry of Justice Data First Datasets
• The Interrelationship between Area Deprivation and Ethnic Disparities in Sentencing
• A national data linkage study to assess the extent, nature and outcomes of serious and organised crime prosecuted before the criminal courts in England and Wales.

Subtopic

• Topic 5: Social Control and Criminal Justice / Courts and Sentencing and Penal Decision Making

Chair

• Andromachi Tseloni, Nottingham Trent University

Individual Presentations

• Returning defendants and distributive justice outcomes evidenced from Data First linked criminal courts data in England and Wales, 2011-2019. - Andromachi Tseloni, Nottingham Trent University; James Hunter, Nottingham Trent University; Thomas Jackson, Ministry of Justice

• Ethnicity, gender and community sentences - Angela Sorsby, University of Sheffield

• Ethnic Inequalities in Sentencing in England and Wales: Evidence from the Ministry of Justice Data First Datasets - Kitty Lymperopoulou, Plymouth University

• The Interrelationship between Area Deprivation and Ethnic Disparities in Sentencing - Jose Pina-Sánchez, University of Leeds; Ana Morales, University of Sheffield; Sara Geneletti, London School of Economics; Ana Navarro Veiga, [email protected]; Eoin Guilfoyle, Brunel University

• Extent, nature and outcomes of serious and organised crime prosecuted before the criminal courts in England and Wales. - Tim McSweeney, University of Hertfordshire