The effect of gender on the decision to incarcerate before and after the introduction of sentencing guidelines

Criminology

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 297-328

  Koons Witt, Barbara A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Court; Gender; Parenting; Sentencing

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036562989     PISSN: 00111384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-9125.2002.tb00958.x     Document Type: Article

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