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	NCJ Number:		NCJ 156986
	Title:		Does the Criminal Justice System Treat Men and Women Differently?
	Author(s):		C Hedderman ; M Hough
	Corporate Author:		Great Britain Home Office Research and Statistics Dept United Kingdom
	Date Published:		1994
	Page Count:		4
	Annotation:		This paper examines available empirical evidence to determine whether the criminal justice system in England and Wales routinely discriminates against women.
	Abstract:		The results indicate that, while men and women are treated differently by the criminal justice system, these differences largely favor women. It is true that women are less likely than men to commit crimes, but self-report figures indicate that official statistics exaggerate the difference, women also tend to commit different types of crimes than men. The data show that a higher proportion of female offenders are cautioned for more serious offenses, that women are less likely than men to be remanded in custody, and that women generally receive more lenient sentences than men, even when previous convictions are taken into account. 1 table, 2 figures, and 10 references
	Main Term(s):		Statistics
	Index Term(s):		Criminology ; Sex discrimination ; Male female offender comparisons ; Foreign criminal justice systems ; Great Britain/United Kingdom
	Sale Source:		Great Britain Home Office Research and Planning Unit 50 Queen Anne's Gate, Room 278 Information Section London, SW1H 9AT, United Kingdom
	Type:		Research (Applied/Empirical)
	Country:		United Kingdom
	Language:		English
	Note:		Home Office Research and Statistics Department Research Findings No. 10
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