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Title: | Gender-Based Judicial Ingroup Bias in Sex Crime Sentencing: Evidence from Belgium | Authors: | BIELEN, Samantha Grajzl, Peter |
Issue Date: | 2020 | Publisher: | ELSEVIER SCI LTD | Source: | International Journal of Law Crime and Justice, 62 (Art. N°100394) | Abstract: | Exploring data on adjudication of sex crimes at a major Belgian court, we study the presence of gender-based judicial ingroup bias in criminal sentencing. Using a difference-indifference approach and addressing sample selection concerns, we find that defendants who are randomly assigned to a panel featuring a presiding judge of matching gender receive comparatively more severe sentences. The resulting effect is discernible especially when the crime involves a female victim. This suggests that the underlying driver of the negative gender-based ingroup bias is judicial enforcement of a salient ingroup norm, in itself an expression of affinity with one's gender-based ingroup. | Other: | * Declarations of interest: none. We are thankful to the staff of the Antwerp court of general jurisdiction for having facilitated this project. Three anonymous reviewers provided valuable comments and suggestions on an earlier draft of the paper. | Keywords: | Judicial bias;Gender;Ingroup bias;Sex crimes;Sentencing | Document URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/1942/30961 | ISSN: | 1756-0616 | e-ISSN: | 1876-763X | DOI: | 10.1016/j.ijlcj.2020.100394 | ISI #: | WOS:000564915800015 | Rights: | © 2020 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. | Category: | A1 | Type: | Journal Contribution | Validations: | ecoom 2021 |
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