The Effect of Gender on the Judicial Pretrial Decision of Bail Amount Set.

A study was conducted to expand knowledge of gender bias in criminal justice processing by analyzing the role of gender in the judge's decision concerning bail amount. Data from District Court files of Lancaster County, Nebraska, were used to test the hypothesis that female defendants receive lower...

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Publicado en:Federal Probation Vol. 70; no. 1; pp. 56 - 63
Autores principales: Turner, K. B., Johnson, James B.
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Superintendent of Documents June 2006
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