Women currently comprise the fastest growing population of those being sentenced to prison. Many criminologists contend that increases in the population of incarcerated women are due, not to changes in criminal involvement, but to changes in criminal justice policies. In particular, it is argued that the move away from indeterminate sentencing towards more determinate models has served to equalize the punishment of men and women, thereby leading to more pronounced increases in incarceration for women compared to men. The present study examines the impact of the statewide adoption of determinate sentencing legislation in Florida on the likelihood of incarceration, sentence length, as well as time served for female offenders. The analysis indicates that women do receive chivalrous treatment under both indeterminate and determinate sentencing structures in Florida. Interestingly, the evidence presented here suggests that this chivalrous treatment actually strengthens under determinate sentencing schemes when compared to indeterminate sentencing schemes. / A Dissertation Submitted to the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice in
Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy. / Fall Semester, 2004. / September 2, 2004. / Determinate Sentencing, Sex and Sentencing / Includes bibliographical references. / Theodore G. Chiricos, Professor Directing Dissertation; Joyce L. Carbonell, Outside Committee Member; Thomas G. Blomberg, Committee Member.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_175752 |
| Contributors | Dobbs, Rhonda R. (authoraut), Chiricos, Theodore G. (professor directing dissertation), Carbonell, Joyce L. (outside committee member), Blomberg, Thomas G. (committee member), College of Criminology and Criminal Justice (degree granting department), Florida State University (degree granting institution) |
| Publisher | Florida State University, Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Language | English, English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text, text |
| Format | 1 online resource, computer, application/pdf |
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