@article{ref1,
title="Structuring Gender's Impact",
journal="American politics research",
year="2008",
author="McCall, Madhavi",
volume="36",
number="2",
pages="264-296",
abstract="The importance of judge gender as a factor in judicial votes continues to attract much scholarly attention. I contribute to the debate on the influence of judge gender by examining the voting behavior of male and female state supreme court justices in three areas of criminal justice. I find that female justices, controlling for institutional, political, and legal constraints, are more likely than are their male counterparts to rule for the criminal defendant and in a broader array of cases than commonly thought. I conclude that judge gender is a significant factor in the outcome of judicial decisions and that the number of women on the courts is a factor in judicial decision making.<p />",
language="",
issn="1532-673X",
doi="10.1177/1532673X07307969",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1532673X07307969"
}