Estimating Gender Disparities In Federal Criminal Cases,
University of Michigan Law School
Estimating Gender Disparities In Federal Criminal Cases, Sonja Starr
Law & Economics Working Papers
This paper assesses gender disparities in federal criminal cases. It finds large gender gaps favoring women throughout the sentence length distribution (averaging over 60%), conditional on arrest offense, criminal history, and other pre-charge observables. Female arrestees are also significantly likelier to avoid charges and convictions entirely, and twice as likely to avoid incarceration if convicted. Prior studies have reported much smaller sentence gaps because they have ignored the role of charging, plea-bargaining, and sentencing fact-finding in producing sentences. Most studies control for endogenous severity measures that result from these earlier discretionary processes and use samples that have been winnowed by …
Financial Freedom: Women, Money, And Domestic Abuse,
William & Mary Law School
Financial Freedom: Women, Money, And Domestic Abuse, Dana Harrington Conner
William & Mary Journal of Race, Gender, and Social Justice
No abstract provided.
African Customary Law, Customs, And Women's Rights,
Trinity College, Oxford
African Customary Law, Customs, And Women's Rights, Muna Ndulo
Indiana Journal of Global Legal Studies
The sources of law in most African countries are customary law, the common law and legislation both colonial and post-independence. In a typical African country, the great majority of the people conduct their personal activities in accordance with and subject to customary law. Customary law has great impact in the area of personal law in regard to matters such as marriage, inheritance and traditional authority, and because it developed in an era dominated by patriarchy some of its norms conflict with human rights norms guaranteeing equality between men and women. While recognizing the role of legislation in reform, it is …
Gender Bias In The Roman Catholic Church: Why Can't Women Be Priests?,
University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law
Gender Bias In The Roman Catholic Church: Why Can't Women Be Priests?, Cheryl Y. Haskins
University of Maryland Law Journal of Race, Religion, Gender and Class
No abstract provided.
Women In Iran: Obstacles To Human Rights And Possible Solutions,
American University Washington College of Law
Women In Iran: Obstacles To Human Rights And Possible Solutions, Alison E. Graves
American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law
No abstract provided.
Marriage, Divorce, And Inheritance Laws In Sierra Leone
And Their Discriminatory Effects On Women,
American University Washington College of Law
Marriage, Divorce, And Inheritance Laws In Sierra Leone And Their Discriminatory Effects On Women, Pamela O. Davies
Human Rights Brief
No abstract provided.
The Legacy Of Colonialism: Law And Women's Rights In India,
University of Florida Levin College of Law
The Legacy Of Colonialism: Law And Women's Rights In India, Varsha Chitnis, Danaya C. Wright
UF Law Faculty Publications
The relationship between nineteenth century England and colonial India was complex in terms of negotiating the different constituencies that claimed an interest in the economic and moral development of the colonies. After India became subject to the sovereignty of the English Monarchy in 1858, its future became indelibly linked with that of England's, yet India's own unique history and culture meant that many of the reforms the colonialists set out to undertake worked out differently than they anticipated. In particular, the colonial ambition of civilizing the barbaric native Indian male underlay many of the legal reforms attempted in the nearly …
Why Don't More Public Schools Teach Sex Education? A Constitutional Explanation And Critique,
William & Mary Law School
Why Don't More Public Schools Teach Sex Education? A Constitutional Explanation And Critique, Jesse R. Merriam
William & Mary Journal of Race, Gender, and Social Justice
No abstract provided.
Sex, Rape And Shame,
IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law
Sex, Rape And Shame, Katharine K. Baker
All Faculty Scholarship
This article explores how shame sanctions may be able to change the social meaning and decrease the prevalence of date rape. Arguing that men's tendency to date rape is fostered by social norms that treat sex as an accomplishment and, importantly, an accomplishment that enhances a man's masculinity status, the article suggests that one way to curb date rape is to curb the extent to which it is associated with masculine behavior. This strategy is necessary because the high premium society places on masculinity and the cultural confusion about when date rape is morally wrong and how it is different …
Racism And Patriarchy In The Meaning Of Motherhood,
University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School
Racism And Patriarchy In The Meaning Of Motherhood, Dorothy E. Roberts
Faculty Scholarship at Penn Carey Law
No abstract provided.
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