... could exercise discretion the difference was 13%. There were significant differences between the courts examined. In Dudley, black offenders in the Crown court had a 23% higher chance of receiving a custodial sentence than white offenders when the key variables had been allowed for such as the black population in that particular area, Warwick and Stafford black people were considerably more likely to receive a ... in the population, which was approximately11%. A significantly higher proportion of black and Asian adults received a sentence over three years (17.4 and 15.1%) compared with ...

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... accounted for 15% of the prison population. During a six year period from 1986-1992, the black imprisoned population increased by an astounding 204% (Henry,147). So why the large discrepency? One explanation is that the law in practice in Canada today which is practiced and has it's policies implemented in most courtrooms in the country today, was created in an era in which members from several minority and disadvantaged ... groups were banned from participating in society and the ... ...

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