TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2008//
TI  - Structuring Gender's Impact
JO  - American politics research
A1  - McCall, Madhavi
SP  - 264
EP  - 296
VL  - 36
IS  - 2
N2  - 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 /> 
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SN  - 1532-673X
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1532673X07307969
ID  - ref1
ER  -