Sonja B. Starr

University of Chicago

1111 E 60th St

Chicago, IL 60637

United States

SCHOLARLY PAPERS

19

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Scholarly Papers (19)

1.

Estimating Gender Disparities in Federal Criminal Cases

University of Michigan Law and Economics Research Paper, No. 12-018
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 10 Sep 2012 Last Revised: 27 Nov 2018
Sonja B. Starr
University of Chicago
Downloads 24,866 (245)
Citation 28

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gender disparity, federal criminal cases, conviction rates, incarceration rates, sentencing, discretionary processes

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Racial Disparity in Federal Criminal Charging and Its Sentencing Consequences

U of Michigan Law & Econ, Empirical Legal Studies Center Paper No. 12-002
Number of pages: 61 Posted: 16 Jan 2012 Last Revised: 02 Jun 2012
M. Marit Rehavi and Sonja B. Starr
University of British Columbia and University of Chicago
Downloads 7,291 (2,050)
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Ban the Box, Criminal Records, and Statistical Discrimination: A Field Experiment

U of Michigan Law & Econ Research Paper No. 16-012
Number of pages: 69 Posted: 15 Jun 2016
Amanda Y. Agan and Sonja B. Starr
Rutgers University, Department of Economics and University of Chicago
Downloads 5,942 (2,929)
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Ban the Box, statistical discrimination, racial discrimination, employment discrimination, criminal records

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Expungement of Criminal Convictions: An Empirical Study

Harvard Law Review, Vol. 133, No. 8, pp.2460-555 (June 2020)
Number of pages: 96 Posted: 18 Mar 2019 Last Revised: 12 Jun 2020
J.J. Prescott and Sonja B. Starr
University of Michigan Law School and University of Chicago
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reentry, expungement, criminal records, recidivism, employment, wages

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Evidence-Based Sentencing and the Scientific Rationalization of Discrimination

Stanford Law Review, Forthcoming, U of Michigan Law & Econ Research Paper No. 13-014
Number of pages: 51 Posted: 01 Sep 2013 Last Revised: 10 Sep 2013
Sonja B. Starr
University of Chicago
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Understanding Violent-Crime Recidivism

Notre Dame Law Review, Vol. 95, No. 4, pp.1643-98 (May 2020), U of Michigan Public Law Research Paper No. 676, U of Michigan Law & Econ Research Paper No. 20-012
Number of pages: 56 Posted: 09 Apr 2020 Last Revised: 26 Sep 2021
J.J. Prescott, Benjamin Pyle and Sonja B. Starr
University of Michigan Law School, Boston University - School of Law and University of Chicago
Downloads 1,832 (20,107)
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recidivism, mass incarceration, violent crime, prison, incarceration, homicide, COVID, COVID-19, coronavirus

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The Magnet-School Wars and the Future of Colorblindness

Stanford Law Review, Vol. 76, No. 1 (January 2024, Forthcoming), U of Chicago, Public Law Working Paper No. 827
Number of pages: 98 Posted: 13 Feb 2023 Last Revised: 14 Nov 2024
Sonja B. Starr
University of Chicago
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equal protection, affirmative action, colorblindness, magnet schools, constitutional law, education, race-neutral alternatives, disparate impact

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Extraordinary Crimes at Ordinary Times: International Justice Beyond Crisis Situations

Northwestern University Law Review, Vol. 101, 2007, Harvard Public Law Working Paper No. 133
Number of pages: 64 Posted: 04 Oct 2006
Sonja B. Starr
University of Chicago
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International criminal law, international tribunals, corruption

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Race-Norming and Statistical Discrimination: Beyond the NFL

U of Chicago, Public Law Working Paper No. 805
Number of pages: 80 Posted: 10 May 2022 Last Revised: 18 Nov 2024
Sonja B. Starr
University of Chicago
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discrimination, statistical discrimination, equal protection, race-norming, algorithms, risk assessment, NFL, concussions, Atkins, death penalty, damages, lost earnings, racialized medicine

10.

Explaining Race Gaps in Policing: Normative and Empirical Challenges

U of Michigan Law & Econ Research Paper No. 15-003
Number of pages: 60 Posted: 15 Jan 2015 Last Revised: 28 Mar 2015
Sonja B. Starr
University of Chicago
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police, race, disparity, racial profiling, empirical, discrimination, auditing, testers

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Racial Disparity in the Criminal Justice Process: Prosecutors, Judges, and the Effects of United States v. Booker

U of Michigan Law & Econ Research Paper No. 12-021
Number of pages: 59 Posted: 04 Nov 2012 Last Revised: 11 Nov 2012
Sonja B. Starr and M. Marit Rehavi
University of Chicago and University of British Columbia
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sentencing. racial disparity, mandatory minimums, United States v. Booker

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Improving Criminal Jury Decision Making after the Blakely Revolution

University of Illinois Law Review, p. 301, 2006, Michigan Law and Economic Research Paper No. 05-004
Number of pages: 56 Posted: 08 Mar 2005
J.J. Prescott and Sonja B. Starr
University of Michigan Law School and University of Chicago
Downloads 437 (142,472)
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criminal law, criminal procedure, litigation, evidence, sentencing, Apprendi, Blakely, Booker, fact-finding, juries, law and economics, law and psychology, group behavior

13.

Admissions Essays After SFFA

Indiana Law Journal, Forthcoming, U of Chicago, Public Law Working Paper No. 855
Number of pages: 72 Posted: 25 Apr 2024
Sonja B. Starr
University of Chicago
Downloads 432 (145,105)

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admissions, SFFA, affirmative action, essays, colorblindness, equal protection, Fourteenth Amendment, First Amendment, diversity statements, diversity, admissions essays, college applications, Coalition for TJ, Haltigan v. Drake

14.

Sentence Reduction as a Remedy for Prosecutorial Misconduct

U of Maryland Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2008-31
Number of pages: 61 Posted: 05 Sep 2008
Sonja B. Starr
University of Chicago
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prosecutorial misconduct, sentence reduction, remedial deterrence, harmless error, Batson, speedy trial, criminal procedure remedies, prosecutorial incentives, expressive remedies, deterrent remedies, corrective justice

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Rethinking 'Effective Remedies': Remedial Deterrence in International Courts

New York University Law Review, Vol. 83, pp. 693-768, 2008 , U of Maryland Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2008-33
Number of pages: 77 Posted: 22 Sep 2008
Sonja B. Starr
University of Chicago
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human rights, international law, remedies

16.

Employer Neighborhoods and Racial Discrimination

University of Chicago Coase-Sandor Institute for Law & Economics Research Paper No. 916
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 23 Nov 2020 Last Revised: 31 Oct 2024
Amanda Y. Agan and Sonja B. Starr
Rutgers University, Department of Economics and University of Chicago
Downloads 111 (526,426)

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discrimination, employment, neighborhood, spatial mismatch, field experiment, audit

17.

The Expungement Process: Survey Evidence on Applicants Experiences

Number of pages: 41 Posted: 13 Feb 2025 Last Revised: 26 Feb 2025
University of Michigan Law School, University of Michigan Law School, University of Chicago and University of Michigan Law School
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expungement, record relief, re-entry, procedural justice, access to justice, petition-based systems, automated expungement, record sealing, collateral consequences, criminal justice reform, criminal records, clean slate laws, justice-impacted individuals, social stigma, survey research, criminal background checks, legal services

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Brief of Criminal Law Professors as Amici Curiae in Support of Plaintiffs' Ex Post Facto Claim, in Does v. Gretchen Whitmer and Joseph Gasper (E.D. Mich.)

FSU College of Law, Public Law Research Paper Forthcoming, Ohio State Legal Studies Research Paper No. 866
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 22 Apr 2024
Ohio State University (OSU) - Michael E. Moritz College of Law, University of California, Berkeley, University of Kansas School of Law, University of Michigan Law School, University of Chicago and Florida State University - College of Law
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Employer Neighborhoods and Racial Discrimination

NBER Working Paper No. w28153
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 01 Dec 2020 Last Revised: 05 Jun 2022
Amanda Agan and Sonja B. Starr
Rutgers University, New Brunswick - Department of Economics and University of Chicago
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