SOC219H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Embezzlement, Truancy, Insanity Defense
Document Summary
Specialized court to deal with specific problems. Stereotypes and behaviour that go with men and women, threshold for women is lower. How defense attorney"s mitigate and get a lighter sentence gender of offenders and other court actors impact sentencing. Offenders gender, victims gender and other court actors. Importance of gender in criminal justice: gender is a guiding principle within the criminal justice system. Impacts how juries respond to court actors. Influences the types of punishments given (women more likely to be. Determines how crimes are depicted and responded to. Determines the demographic characteristics of law enforcement (primarily men, hard for women to break into the system as co"s and police officers) Males have a different interpretation on how men and women are supposed to act. Influences the judicial process diverted earlier, more chance for bail, more community punishment: women get lighter sentences, criminal justice is not gender neutral!
