TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2009//
TI  - Gendered Justice
JO  - Feminist criminology
A1  - Heeren, J. W.
A1  - Messing, J. T.
SP  - 170
EP  - 188
VL  - 4
IS  - 2
N2  - This research examines a newspaper sample of men and women who killed multiple people in a single domestic altercation during the years 1993 to 2002. As all these perpetrators of multiple domestic homicide are eligible to be capitally tried, differences in capital sentencing are examined using bivariate statistics and descriptive, case-oriented analyses. Women who kill their children using a knife or firearm are disproportionately sentenced to death, whereas men who kill in the context of a separation are granted leniency in regard to the death penalty. The interaction between the gender of the offender and the crime committed is discussed.<p />
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SN  - 1557-0851
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1557085108327657
ID  - ref1
ER  -