TY - BOOK
T1 - Gender Differences in Sentencing Outcomes
AU - Gelb, Karen
N1 - © Copyright State of Victoria, Sentencing Advisory Council, July 2010. This publication is protected by the laws of copyright. No part may be reproduced by any process except in accordance with the provisions of the Copyright Act 1968 (Cth).
PY - 2010
Y1 - 2010
N2 - Gender differences in criminal court outcomes for men and women are almost axiomatic in contemporary criminology. Since the early 1970s a plethora of studies in the United States has found evidence of ‘discrimination’ in sentencing. While most of these studies initially focused on issues of racial discrimination, an increasing number of researchers have since turned their attention to the examination of gender differences in court processing outcomes. This paper examines the research literature and presents data from Victoria, Australia, to consider differences in sentencing outcomes for men and women. Data on gender differences in police recorded offending and in prison statistics are also included in order to complete the picture.
AB - Gender differences in criminal court outcomes for men and women are almost axiomatic in contemporary criminology. Since the early 1970s a plethora of studies in the United States has found evidence of ‘discrimination’ in sentencing. While most of these studies initially focused on issues of racial discrimination, an increasing number of researchers have since turned their attention to the examination of gender differences in court processing outcomes. This paper examines the research literature and presents data from Victoria, Australia, to consider differences in sentencing outcomes for men and women. Data on gender differences in police recorded offending and in prison statistics are also included in order to complete the picture.
UR - http://handle.uws.edu.au:8081/1959.7/561034
UR - http://www.sentencingcouncil.vic.gov.au/sites/default/files/publication-documents/Gender%20Differences%20in%20Sentencing%20Outcomes.pdf
M3 - Research report
SN - 9781921100611
BT - Gender Differences in Sentencing Outcomes
PB - Sentencing Advisory Council
CY - Melbourne, Vic.
ER -