Differential Sentencing Patterns Among Felony Sex Offenders and Non-Sex Offenders

Anthony Walsh

Differential Sentencing Patterns Among Felony Sex Offenders and Non-Sex Offenders

Anthony Walsh

Criminal Justice Department

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Abstract

More than thirty years ago, commentators noted that "there is doubtless no subject on which one can obtain more definite opinions and less definite knowledge" than in the area of the sentencing of sex offenders. ¹ The literature is no less deficient today. There are numerous assertions to the effect that sex offenders receive draconian penalties ² while certain feminist theorists maintain that sex offenders receive overly lenient treatment. ³ In both cases, however, the unanswered question is, "In relation to what?"

Original language	American English
Journal	The Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology
State	Published - 1 Jan 1984

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Differential Sentencing Patterns Among Felony Sex Offenders and Non-Sex Offenders

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