RT Article
T1 Sentencing Recommendations by Probation Officers and Judges: an Examination of Adult Offenders Across Gender
JF Women & criminal justice
VO 28
IS 2
SP 100
OP 124
A1 Leiber, Michael J.
A1 Peck, Jennifer H.
A1 Beaudry-Cyr, Maude
A1 Mack, Kristin Y.
A2 Peck, Jennifer H.
A2 Beaudry-Cyr, Maude
A2 Mack, Kristin Y.
LA English
YR 2018
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1733456325
AB Connecting the courtroom workgroup model with attributions and stereotyping based on the focal concerns perspective and gender sentencing literature, the present study investigates the extent to which probation officer recommendations influence judicial sentencing, and whether the gender of the offender further conditions this relationship. Results from logistic and ordinary least squares regression indicate that there is concordance between probation officer recommendations and sentencing by judges. Offender gender has both direct and indirect effects on judicial sentencing through its relationship with probation officer recommendations, and Black males tend to receive lengthier sentences than other race/gender counterparts. These findings provide evidence that probation officer recommendations are an important part of the sentencing process and offer additional insight on how extralegal factors such as gender and race impact criminal justice decision making.
K1 Courtroom workgroup model
K1 Focal Concerns
K1 Gender
K1 Judicial sentencing
K1 Probation officer recommendations
DO 10.1080/08974454.2017.1297279