The impact of the Pennsylvania sentencing guidelines on sex differences in sentencing

Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 399-418

  Blackwell, Brenda Sims ^a   Holleran, David ^b   Finn, Mary A ^a  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b The College of New Jersey   (United States)

Author keywords

Gender; Sentencing; Sentencing guidelines; Sex

Indexed keywords

EID: 53349121951     PISSN: 10439862     EISSN: 15525406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1043986208319453     Document Type: Article

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