Sentencing sex crimes against children: an empirical and policy analysis.
Sentencing sex crimes against children: an empirical and policy analysis.
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对儿童性犯罪的量刑：实证和政策分析。
DOI：
10.1002/1099-0798(200003/06)18:2/3
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发表时间：
2000
影响因子：
1.4
通讯作者：
R. Levesque
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作者：
R. Levesque
这项研究调查了在东海岸一个大城市被起诉的387起针对儿童的性犯罪的量刑结果的因素。被索引到预测量刑的假设变量包括几个罪行，受害者和肇事者的特征。调查结果显示，受害者的个人经历通常比犯罪者的特征更难预测判决结果，判决通常倾向于宽大，家庭内和陌生人虐待似乎同样受到重视，刑事司法系统似乎确实监禁了那些社会最担心的人-虐待几个孩子的持续性捕食者。文章最后提出了进一步研究和政策制定的建议。
This study investigated factors that contributed to the sentencing outcomes of 387 sex crimes against children who were prosecuted in a large East Coast city. Hypothesized variables that were indexed to predict sentencing included several offense, victim, and perpetrator characteristics. The findings revealed that individual victims' experiences are generally less predictive of sentencing outcomes than perpetrators' characteristics, that sentences generally tend to be lenient, that intra-family and stranger abuse seem to be taken equally seriously, and that the criminal justice system does seem to incarcerate those society is most worried about-persistent predators who abuse several children. The article ends with suggestions for further research and policy development.