THE INTERSECTIONALITY OF AGE AND GENDER ON THE BENCH: ARE YOUNGER FEMALE JUDGES HARSHER WITH SERIOUS CRIMES?

Authors :: Hoffman, Morris B.
Shen, Francis X.
Iyengar, Vijeth
Krueger, Frank
Source :: Columbia Journal of Gender and Law. Summer, 2020, Vol. 40 Issue 1, p128, 38 p.
Publication Year :: 2020
Abstract: Abstract We analyzed sentencing data from sixteen years of criminal trials in the State of Colorado, consisting of almost 3,000 individual sentences, and discovered an interaction effect of harm, gender, [...]

Subjects :: Harm principle (Ethics) -- Influence -- Research
Women judges -- Demographic aspects -- Research
State court judges -- Demographic aspects -- Research
Sentences (Criminal procedure) -- Demographic aspects -- Research
Intersectionality theory -- Research

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