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16 J. Gender Race & Just. 349 (2013)
Gender and Sentencing: A Meta-Analysis of Contemporary Research

handle is hein.journals/jgrj16 and id is 371 raw text is: Gender and Sentencing: A Meta-Analysis of Contemporary Research Stephanie Bontrager, Kelle Barrick & Elizabeth Stupi ABSTRACT Daly and Bordt's review of sentencing studies published between 1960 and 1990 found that women were generally at an advantage over male defendants in sentencing decisions.' Given twenty-one years of additional gender/sentencing inquiry, and extensive revisions to criminal justice policy and practice since the publication of the meta-analysis, those findings no longer inform current discussions of gender and justice. This inquiry seeks to bridge this gap, beginning first with a brief review of the conflicting theoretical arguments concerning the relationship between gender and sentencing decisions, followed by a comprehensive synthesis of gender and sentencing studies published since 1991. The evaluation incorporates meta- analytic techniques to answer two fundamental research questions. First, does contemporary gender and sentencing research support the hypothesis that sentencing outcomes for women are comparable to those of men? Second, what, if any, impact does research design, methodology or data selection have on the study results. Overall, the results suggest that women receive less severe sentences than men across a variety of methodological conditions. However, the most recent research points to greater balance in sentencing outcomes for men and women. Keywords: Gender, Women, Sentencing, Justice, Chivalry theory, Focal Concerns, Guidelines I. Kathleen Daly & Rebecca Bordt, Sex Effects and Sentencing: A Review of the Statistical Literature, 12 JUST. Q. 141 (1995).

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