The Interaction Between Victim Race and Gender on Sentencing Outcomes in Capital Murder Trials
The Interaction Between Victim Race and Gender on Sentencing Outcomes in Capital Murder Trials
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死刑审判中被害人种族和性别对量刑结果的相互作用
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2006
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B. Bjerregaard
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Amy R. Stauffer;Dwayne Smith;John K. Cochran;S. Fogel;B. Bjerregaard
这项研究扩展了威廉姆斯和霍尔科姆（2004年）关于受害者种族和性别对死刑判决结果的相互作用的研究。他们报告了受害者种族和受害者性别对俄亥俄州死刑判决结果的互动影响，因此杀害白色妇女的凶手特别有可能被判处死刑。这项研究旨在确定威廉姆斯和霍尔科姆的发现是否适用于北卡罗来纳州的谋杀案样本，该州寻求判处死刑。描述性分析的初步结果表明，一个白色女性受害者的影响，但通过逻辑回归方程的控制变量的引入产生没有性别或种族的相互作用作为预测的量刑结果。不同的结果的原因进行了探讨，需要进一步探索的主题进行了讨论。
This study extends previous research on the interactive effects of victim race and gender on death sentence outcomes reported by Williams and Holcomb (2004). They report an interactive effect between victim race and victim gender on Ohio death sentencing outcomes, such that killers of White women are especially at risk of receiving death sentences. The study here seeks to determine if the Williams and Holcomb finding holds for a sample of murder cases in North Carolina for which the state sought the death penalty. Initial results of a descriptive analysis suggest a White female victim effect, but the introduction of control variables via logistic regression equations yields no gender or race interactions as predictors of sentencing outcomes. Reasons for the different outcomes are explored, and topics requiring further exploration are discussed.