The Effects of gender, family status, and race on sentencing decisions

Behavioral Sciences and the Law

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 378-395

  Freiburger, Tina L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRIMINAL LAW; DECISION MAKING; EMPLOYMENT; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMAN; INCOME; JURISPRUDENCE; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEGRO; PRISONER; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL CONTROL; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; CAREGIVERS; CHILD; CRIMINAL LAW; DECISION MAKING; EMPLOYMENT; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; INCOME; JUDICIAL ROLE; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARENTING; PENNSYLVANIA; PRISONERS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL CONTROL, INFORMAL;

EID: 77955678399     PISSN: 07353936     EISSN: 10990798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bsl.901     Document Type: Article

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