Research examining the role of gender in criminal sentencing has focused on gender bias, in that females are sentenced to lesser punish ments than males for the same offense. What many studies have not addressed is the extent to which sentencing guidelines have affected gen der bias. In other words, does gender bias exist, even in the presence of sentencing guidelines?
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