ABSTRACT The present study analyzes Latino drug offenders sentenced in U.S. federal courts from 2006–2014 in order to assess whether any family ties effects were contingent on offenders’ citizenship status. The findings indicate that citizenship status conditions the influence of family ties on the decision to grant downward departures, but not the decision on the magnitude of the discount granted. The findings indicate the importance of conducting intra-ethnic examinations of sentencing outcomes for Latinos rather than assuming parity in treatment and solely comparing them to other groups.

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拉丁美洲人在毒品战争中：罪犯公民身份和家庭关系在向下离开时的作用

摘要本研究分析了2006年至2014年间在美国联邦法院被判刑的拉丁裔毒品罪犯，目的是评估家庭关系的影响是否取决于罪犯的公民身份。研究结果表明，公民身份决定了家庭关系对授予下级离职决定的影响，而不是对所给予的折扣幅度的决定。调查结果表明，对拉美裔人进行量刑结果的族裔内部检查，而不是在治疗中采取均等并将其与其他人群进行比较的重要性。