ICPS

2021 APS Virtual Convention · 2021

Validating the Gender Gap in Domestic Violence Sentencing

Virtual · May 2021

Posters · Cognitive Psychology

  • Brooklyn Morris
  • Christina Frederick
    n/a

Abstract

We experimentally explored the gender gap in sentencing for domestic abuse crimes. Participants read fictitious police reports of either a man or woman committing a violent act on the opposite sex, provided sentencing, and explained their rationale. Men were sentenced to more years than women; no difference existed in rationale.

Criminal Justice