Re: criminal sentencing of men vs. women in usa

Mark Borgerson wrote:
In article <uUTah.49611$si3.43768@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
hanuman@xxxxxxxxxx says...

So did I miss something? I searched for the terms 'father' and
'mother' without finding references to lighter sentences. Was
I using the wrong search terms, or were you thinking of a different
reference?


In your own post you say:

"The gender disparities that appeared are not necessarily unwarranted,
however, as gender might correlate with other factors that may be
viewed as legitimate considerations in sentencing, such as family
responsibilities and role in the offense. (Information about such
considerations was not available.)"

What part of "Information about such considerations was not available"
did I misinterpret?


Mark Borgerson

IIRC, they use words like "dependant" and "family responsibility" for this,
not "father" or "mother." You would have to search for those words, not for
father or mother. Maybe it was another study. I can't honestly recall
exactly where I read it, as I went through several dozen sites when looking
up this data.

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