在亲密伴侣暴力案件中,性别角色态度和检察官决策
Elizabeth Rose MacNeil1, Jennifer Cox1, Jane C Daquin1
1The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, USA.
Journal of interpersonal violence
|October 30, 2023
概括
检察官的性别角色态度没有影响亲密伴侣暴力 (IPV) 案件的决定. 然而,男性犯罪者被认为是更严重的犯罪者,女性受害者更常被指责.
科学领域:
- 犯罪学和公共卫生
- 法律决策和性别研究
背景情况:
- 亲密伴侣暴力 (IPV) 是一个广泛的公共卫生问题,通常通过传统的性别镜头来看,男性是事者,女性是受害者.
- 现有的IPV起诉研究往往忽视了检察官偏见的影响和犯罪者/受害者性动态的复杂性.
研究的目的:
- 调查检察官的性别角色态度,犯罪者/受害者性别以及在涉嫌亲密伴侣暴力 (IPV) 案件中检察官的决策之间的关系.
- 测试假设传统的性别角色态度会导致宽容,特别是在女性犯罪者的案件中.
主要方法:
- 美国各地的94名刑事检察官完成了"男性角色规范清单-修订".
- 参与者审查模拟的IPV案例材料,其中犯罪者的性别 (男性或女性) 被实验性地操纵.
- 评估了决策结果,对暴力严重性的看法,事者重犯的可能性和受害者责怪.
主要成果:
- 检察官的性别角色态度与检察官的决定没有显著的相关性.
- 男性犯罪者被认为更严重,更有可能重犯,而女性受害者则受到更多的指责.
- 互动显示,具有更传统态度的检察官更有可能责怪女性受害者.
结论:
- 法律之外的因素,特别是犯罪者的性别,似乎比个人检察官的性别角色态度更多地影响了检察官在IPV案件中的裁量权.
- 调查结果突出了IPV起诉中的系统偏见,强调需要检查各种因素,这些因素有助于基于罪犯性别的差异.
- 该研究强调了解决犯罪者的性别偏见的重要性,以确保在亲密伴侣暴力案件中获得公平的司法.
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