Gender Effects on Criminal Sentencing Abstract The effects of gender of judges and criminals in a criminal trial were investigated. Thirty-seven subjects, 17 males and 20 females, filled out a questionairre detailing the results of a criminal trial and acted as a judge awarding a sentence, in years. Two different forms of the questionairre were given, varying the gender of the criminal. Significant effects for the gender of the criminal, alpha = .1, were found. This result was congruent with the hypothesis and with previous studies. Possible reasons for this discrepancy include the general opinion that wome....

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