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Gender Effects On Criminal Sentencing
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....riminal trial
were investigated. Thirty-seven subjects, 17 males and 20 females, filled
out a questionairre detailing the results of a criminal trial and acted as
a judge awarding a sentence, in years. Two different forms of the
questionairre were given, varying the gender of the criminal. Significant
effects for th.... Part 2 of Paper
.... their male counterparts for the same crimes;
these differences were found for both larceny and felony cases. The
leniency given to women was found to be similar to that of minors, both
male and female. Nagel and Weitzman offer explanations for this
discrimination, although no clear explanation has been discovered. They
posed that judges assume women to be weaker than men and, thus, the same
result, i.e., rehabilitation or detterance, can be achieved through a
lesser jail sentence. The autho.... |
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