The Gender Gap in Sex Offender Punishment

This paper tests theoretical arguments that suggest court actors hold gendered views of sex offenders that result in a gender gap in sex offender punishment, where women who commit sexual offenses are treated more leniently than their male counterparts.

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VerfasserInnen: Shields, Ryan T. (VerfasserIn) ; Cochran, Joshua C. (VerfasserIn)
Medienart: Elektronisch Aufsatz
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: 2020
In: Journal of quantitative criminology
Jahr: 2020, Band: 36, Heft: 1, Seiten: 95-118
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Schlagwörter:
Sex offender
Sentencing
Punishment
Gender
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Zusammenfassung:This paper tests theoretical arguments that suggest court actors hold gendered views of sex offenders that result in a gender gap in sex offender punishment, where women who commit sexual offenses are treated more leniently than their male counterparts.
ISSN:1573-7799
DOI:10.1007/s10940-019-09416-x