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GENDER DISPARITIES IN JUDICIAL PROCESSING
- Date Issued:
- 1979
- Summary:
- The judicial treatment of adult male and female criminal offenders is theoretically and empirically examined in this paper. After discussing various problems with the chivalry hypothesis and labelling theory, the two major explanations of gender disparities, an empirical test is made to determine the accuracy of both perspectives. Examining a sample of 543 adult felony cases in Dade County, Florida, using multiple regression to control for the effects of relevant legal and non-legal variables indicated inconsistent differences in treatment by sex at the levels of negotiations, prosecution, conviction and sentence. These differences also vary over the three time periods examined: 1965-1966, 1971, 1975-1976. Because the findings do not support any existing theory of the differential legal handling of male and female offenders, a new, integrated theory is formulated and set forth.
Title: | GENDER DISPARITIES IN JUDICIAL PROCESSING. |
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Name(s): |
CURRAN, DEBRA ANN Florida Atlantic University, Degree Grantor |
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Type of Resource: | text | |
Genre: | Electronic Thesis Or Dissertation | |
Issuance: | monographic | |
Date Issued: | 1979 | |
Publisher: | Florida Atlantic University | |
Place of Publication: | Boca Raton, Fla. | |
Physical Form: | application/pdf | |
Extent: | 123 p. | |
Language(s): | English | |
Summary: | The judicial treatment of adult male and female criminal offenders is theoretically and empirically examined in this paper. After discussing various problems with the chivalry hypothesis and labelling theory, the two major explanations of gender disparities, an empirical test is made to determine the accuracy of both perspectives. Examining a sample of 543 adult felony cases in Dade County, Florida, using multiple regression to control for the effects of relevant legal and non-legal variables indicated inconsistent differences in treatment by sex at the levels of negotiations, prosecution, conviction and sentence. These differences also vary over the three time periods examined: 1965-1966, 1971, 1975-1976. Because the findings do not support any existing theory of the differential legal handling of male and female offenders, a new, integrated theory is formulated and set forth. | |
Identifier: | 14001 (digitool), FADT14001 (IID), fau:10823 (fedora) | |
Note(s): | Thesis (M.A.)--Florida Atlantic University, 1979. | |
Subject(s): |
Criminal statistics Criminal justice, Administration of |
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Sublocation: | Digital Library | |
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Host Institution: | FAU | |
Is Part of Series: | Florida Atlantic University Digital Library Collections. |