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 women's motives are different than those of men, which creates less of a threat to the public. It is important for any society to have constant improvements where they ....

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