Gender and Race Differences in Criminal Justice Processing*? Rosemary
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Synchs-The tmportance of gender and race as critical vartables in cnmmal ~ustxe system processmg IS htghhghted ut thts article These processes influence women and minority ractai groups as vtctims and as offenders. The article addresses the situatton tn the Ututed States between 1970 and 1985 prtmarily, but the focus on gender and race has appbcatton to many other countries Foliowtng a bnef htstorical assessment of the processtng of black and white females, characteristics of female offenders are examined. Analysts of court pr ocessing highhghts sex differences m pleas, bargaming, and sentenctng The expenence of sentencing reform m one state is examined, followed by a report of the commitment and mcarcerabon of women in one state over a ten-year mtervai These findmgs support the conchtston that gender and race must be anaiysed as cntical independent and mtervenutg vanables ut studies of arrest, court processmg, sentencmg, and mcarceratlon.
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