RT Article
T1 Parent-to-Child Violence: Does Gender Matter in Sentencing Decisions?
JF Crime & delinquency
VO 68
IS 9
SP 1604
OP 1626
A1 Chen, Gila
A2 Nicotra, Eitan
A2 Haviv, Noam
A2 Toys, Sharon
LA English
YR 2022
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1839616407
AB The purpose was to examine gender differences (a) in the sentencing severity for parent-to-child violence (PCV); and (b) in severity of PCV patterns. We analyzed 99 verdict cases in Israel. Two models, a logistic regression model and a generalized ordered logistic regression model, were applied. The findings of the first model indicated that being a woman reduced the odds of imprisonment by .106; furthermore, being tried after implementation of the 2012 reform in judicial discretion in sentencing significantly increased the odds of sentence severity by 2.85. The second model indicated that women had lower odds of being involved in severe violent offenses against their minor children compared with men (OR?=?0.31). The findings highlight the source of sentencing differentials.
K1 Gender differences
K1 Judicial discretion
K1 parent-to-child violence
K1 sentence severity
K1 Violent Crime
DO 10.1177/00111287211057863