TY - JOUR
T1 - New Directions in Intersections, Inequality, and Sentencing
AU - Gaub, Janne E.
AU - Reisig, Kristy
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2015, Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.
PY - 2015/10/20
Y1 - 2015/10/20
N2 - Intersectional approaches to sentencing move beyond simply predicting disparities to consider the ways in which social characteristics such as gender, age, race, ethnicity, and class combine to create even more pronounced inequalities. The current review examines research on intersectionality within the context of criminal sentencing. We identify some of the most promising recent trends in this literature, such as attention to family status in the context of focal concerns as well as the inclusion of immigration status in studies of federal sentencing outcomes. Moving beyond the sentencing stage, we also suggest that an intersectional approach can be extended to decision making within the context of postsentencing outcomes, such as gender-specific and culturally sensitive programming and treatment of offenders in institutional and community corrections settings.
AB - Intersectional approaches to sentencing move beyond simply predicting disparities to consider the ways in which social characteristics such as gender, age, race, ethnicity, and class combine to create even more pronounced inequalities. The current review examines research on intersectionality within the context of criminal sentencing. We identify some of the most promising recent trends in this literature, such as attention to family status in the context of focal concerns as well as the inclusion of immigration status in studies of federal sentencing outcomes. Moving beyond the sentencing stage, we also suggest that an intersectional approach can be extended to decision making within the context of postsentencing outcomes, such as gender-specific and culturally sensitive programming and treatment of offenders in institutional and community corrections settings.
KW - gender
KW - intersectionality
KW - sentencing
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U2 - 10.1080/08974454.2014.989299
DO - 10.1080/08974454.2014.989299
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84944516335
SN - 0897-4454
VL - 25
SP - 298
EP - 312
JO - Women and Criminal Justice
JF - Women and Criminal Justice
IS - 5
ER -