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Communicating with Prisoners

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II. Gender Imprisonment B. Constituting Criminal Sex

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Taking Rape Statistics Seriously

Scholarly research on rape and sexual victimization underscores major weaknesses in public deliberation.

Public Controversy over Woman’s Death Sentence in 1923

In Chicago in 1923, the question was whether ugly women as well as beautiful women deserved leniency for killing their husbands.

Sentencing Bias Against Men in Criminal Sentencing

Sentencing bias against men can be evaluated with systematic empirical evidence. The issue is also suitable for law review articles on gender.

South Africa’s Prisoner Release Conditioned for Sex Inequality

South Africa’s release of mothers from prison was conditioned. Sex discrimination in the conditions wasn’t necessary to prevent releasing many prisoners.

South Africa Constitutional Court on Burdens of Child-Rearing

In approving releasing mothers, but not fathers, from prison, the Court focused on women’s burdens, not the full legal and social practice of child-rearing.

South Africa’s Male and Female Judges on Prisoner Sex Equality

Only one male judge, out of the Constitutional Court’s 9 male judges and 2 female judges, found unconstitutional sex discrimination in releasing prisoners.

Under-Reporting and False Reporting of Sexual Victimization

Both under-reporting and false reporting of relatively serious sexual victimization (prison rape) are quantitatively major issues.

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Communicating with Prisoners