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Sentencing disparity is defined as "a form of unequal treatment in criminal punishment that is often of unexplained cause and is at least incongruous, unfair and disadvantaging in consequence".[1] In the United States, men are most adversely affected by sentencing disparity, being twice as likely to be sentenced to prison after conviction than women and receiving on average 63% longer prison sentences, for the same offenses.[2]
- ^ Alfred Blumstein, et al. Research on Sentencing: The Search for Reform, Volume II (1983), p.9
- ^ Starr, Sonja B. (2012-08-29). "Estimating Gender Disparities in Federal Criminal Cases". American Law and Economics Review. Rochester, NY: Social Science Research Network. SSRN 2144002.