The Sentencing Gap – Do Women Get Lighter Prison Sentences Than Men?

ashvani_patil · 2021-04-14T03:24:36+00:00

A study by Sonja Starr, an assistant law professor at the University of Michigan, found that men are given much higher sentences than women convicted of the same crimes in federal court.

The study found that men receive sentences that are 63 percent higher, on average, than their female counterparts.

Dscm8 · 2021-04-14T04:38:53+00:00

Great post.

Why don’t we hear more about this blatant discrimination on the news?

Revolutionary-Key778 · 2021-04-14T03:50:58+00:00

Doesn't surprise me in the least

2021-04-14T13:23:00+00:00

We've been knowing this.

LafontaineX · 2021-04-14T04:33:50+00:00

Something not often discussed in this political climate.

We hear about glass ceilings all the time, but never about the discrimination men experience.

We should be demanding quotas for more women to end up in prison to bring about some semblance of equality.

And we can all do it in the name of feminism.

autotldr · 2021-04-14T11:02:42+00:00

This is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 84%. (I'm a bot)

Gender Sentencing Bias in the US. A new study by Sonja Starr, an assistant law professor at the University of Michigan, found that men are given much higher sentences than women convicted of the same crimes in federal court.

Past studies have also found that minority men are, on average, given longer prison sentences than white men convicted of the same crimes.

The study found that gender had a direct impact on a judicial officer's decision to send a person to prison - and that men were 1.73 times more likely to be sent to prison compared to women.

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Title	The Sentencing Gap – Do Women Get Lighter Prison Sentences Than Men?
Author	ashvani_patil
Upvotes	51
Comments	13
Date	April 14, 2021 3:23 AM UTC (5 years ago)
Subreddit	Posted in /r/MensRights
Original Link	https://old.reddit.com/r/MensRights/comments/mqi82t/the_sentencing_gap_do_women_get_lighter_prison/
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