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dc.contributor.authorDALY, KATHLEEN
dc.date.accessioned2019-09-03T05:09:08Z
dc.date.available2019-09-03T05:09:08Z
dc.date.issued1989
dc.identifier.issn0891-2432
dc.identifier.doi10.1177/089124389003001002
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/386909
dc.description.abstractMany scholars think that women are sentenced more leniently than men because judges are paternalistic toward women. In this article, I suggest that paternalism is a multilayered concept and that it is important to distinguish between judicial concerns for protecting women and those for protecting children and families. To learn what factors judges consider in sentencing and whether these differ for men and women defendants, I interviewed 20 men and 3 women judges in two state criminal courts. I learned that the primary objects of judicial protection were not women, but children, and men's and women's economic support or care for families. However, there was a labor hierarchy in the judges' minds in that they believed that care giving was more important than wage earning for the maintenance of families. Interactive influences among the defendant's gender, familial status, race or ethnicity, and the nature of the offense charged are discussed.
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherSAGE Publications
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom9
dc.relation.ispartofpageto36
dc.relation.ispartofissue1
dc.relation.ispartofjournalGender & Society
dc.relation.ispartofvolume3
dc.subject.fieldofresearchCommerce, management, tourism and services
dc.subject.fieldofresearchHuman society
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode35
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode44
dc.titleRethinking judicial paternalism: Gender, work-family relations, and sentencing
dc.typeJournal article
dcterms.bibliographicCitationDALY, K, Rethinking judicial paternalism: Gender, work-family relations, and sentencing:, Gender & Society, 1989, 3 (1), pp. 9-36
dc.date.updated2019-09-03T03:30:59Z
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gro.griffith.authorDaly, Kathleen


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