Disparities in Women’s Prison Sentences: Exploring the Nexus Between Motherhood, Drug Offense, and Sentence Length

Drawing upon focal concerns and familial paternalism frameworks, we explore the effects of motherhood, various maternal indicators, and type of offense on prison sentences using official and self-report data on 419 incarcerated women in the United States. Results revealed that drug offenders were se...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Feminist criminology 2019-10, Vol.14 (4), p.420-440
Hauptverfasser:	Cho, Ahram, Tasca, Melinda
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Schlagworte:	Children Criminal sentences Drug crimes Drug dealing Drug offenders Drugs Female offenders Imprisonment Mothers Offenders Paternalism Prisoners Punishment Self report Women
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