Sentencing offenders with disabilities

Women Offenders and the Sentencing Guidelines

Sentencing outcomes of convicted child sex offenders.

This research examines the sentencing outcomes of convicted child sexual offenders from data collected over an eight year period. Multiple regression and nominal log linear regression are used to examine length of prison sentence, length of probation sentence, and whether the convicted offender is actually sent to prison or to probation. While many independent variables appear to be related to ...

The sentencing of offenders with fetal alcohol syndrome.

On May 29, 2002, the Globe and Mail covered the story of a nine-year-old girl, Jessica Russel, who had been brutally slain by David Trott. A murder, although certainly tragic, would not necessarily garner in-depth coverage in a national paper. What caught the attention of the Globe reporter was the resignation of the accused’s lawyer subsequent to his client’s decision to plead guilty. Mr. Trot...

Sex-Based Sentencing: Sentencing Discrepancies Between Male and Female Sex Offenders

The current research examines the utility of the evil woman hypothesis by examining sentencing discrepancies between male and female sex offenders. National Corrections Reporting Program data are used to identify sex offenders for the years 1994 to 2004 and the sentences they received for specific sex offenses. Statistical analyses reveal a significant difference in sentence length between men ...

Effects of offenders' age and health on sentencing decisions.

Two experiments investigated the effects of age and health on mock judges' sentencing decisions. The effects of these variables on length of prison sentence were examined in the context of offense severity and prior convictions. Experiment 1 involved a violent crime. Main effects were observed for age, health, offense severity and prior convictions. There was also an age by offense severity int...