ICPS
2021 APS Virtual Convention · 2021
Validating the Gender Gap in Domestic Violence Sentencing
- Brooklyn Morris
- Christina Frederick
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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