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Estimating disparities in the treatment of foreign nationals in the criminal justice process in the Czech Republic / Odhad disparit v zacházení s cizizími statními příslušníky v trestním procesu v České Republice

This thesis examines the effect of foreign nationality on the outcomes of criminal process in the Czech Republic. Foreign citizens are overrepresented by 2% compared to their share in population in all stages of the criminal process, suggesting possible discrimination by domestic authorities. Using rich case level datasets from 2005 to 2015 observed gaps are decomposed to part explained by a difference in the objective characteristics of the cases and unexplained part, suggesting possible inequality of treatment. Foreigner gaps in probability of charge, probability of conviction, probability of imprisonment, length of the sentence and probability of release from prison on parole are decomposed. Majority of observed disparities in the outcomes can be attributed to higher involvement of foreigners in more serious crimes compared to nationals. Unexplained disparities remain in probability of imprisonment and probability of release on parole, suggesting possible unequal treatment in these two outcomes.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:nusl.cz/oai:invenio.nusl.cz:264109
Date January 2016
CreatorsVávra, Jan
ContributorsDušek, Libor, Kovanda, Lukáš
PublisherVysoká škola ekonomická v Praze
Source SetsCzech ETDs
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
Typeinfo:eu-repo/semantics/masterThesis
Rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess

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