Abstract

A new dataset capturing sentencing outcomes for “boat defendants,” a notable group of federal drug offenders who share many characteristics, provides a fresh perspective on many different aspects of federal case-processing and drug-sentencing outcomes. This overview provides a brief look at ground- breaking research based on this dataset, which serves as an anchor article for this issue of the Federal Sentencing Reporter, followed by a history of the creation of this dataset and then commentaries highlighting insights and lessons drawn from this original research.

ISSN

1053-9867, 1553-8363 (online)

DOI

10.1215/10539867-11692708

Keywords

federal sentencing, drug offense sentencing, boat defendants, war on drugs, sentencing data and research, sentencing disparity and uniformity

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