Abstract
The article discusses whether legal decisions issued by male and female judges in America are perceived differently as of 2016, and it also examines whether identical judgments concerning gender-related events are perceived in different ways due to a judge's gender, an evaluator's gender, or a combination of the two. Cognitive biases are addressed, along with an assessment of whether people deem sentences imposed by women judges on sex offenders to be more severe than sentences from male judges.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 3-34 |
| Number of pages | 32 |
| Journal | SMU law review : a publication of Southern Methodist University School of Law |
| Volume | 69 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| State | Published - 1 Jan 2016 |
Keywords
- Judgments (Law)
- Public opinion on judges
- Decision making in law
- Attitude (Psychology)
- Gender
- Women judges -- United States
- Cognitive bias
- American men
- Psychology
