Gender norms in Portuguese college sudents' judgments in familial homicides: bad men and mad women
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Resumo: | The gender of the offender has been proved to be an important factor in judicial sentencing. In this study, we analyze the judgments of College students regarding perpetrators of familial homicides to evaluate the presence of these gender norms and biases in the larger society. The sample included 303 college students (54.8% female) enrolled in several social sciences and engineering courses. Participants were asked to read 12 vignettes based on real crimes taken from Portuguese newspapers. Half were related to infanticide, and half were related to intimate partner homicide. The sex of the offender was orthogonally manipulated to the type of crime. The results show that gender had an important impact on sentences, with males being more harshly penalized by reasons of perversity and women less penalized by reason of mental disorders. In addition, filicide was more heavily penalized than was intimate partner homicide. The results also revealed a tendency toward a retributive conception of punishment. We discuss how gender norms in justice seem to be embedded in society as well as the need for intervention against the punitive tendency of this population. |
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Gender norms in Portuguese college sudents' judgments in familial homicides: bad men and mad womenHomicideFamily issues and mediatorsChild abuseWomen offendersViolent offendersLegal interventionCiências Sociais::PsicologiaSocial SciencesThe gender of the offender has been proved to be an important factor in judicial sentencing. In this study, we analyze the judgments of College students regarding perpetrators of familial homicides to evaluate the presence of these gender norms and biases in the larger society. The sample included 303 college students (54.8% female) enrolled in several social sciences and engineering courses. Participants were asked to read 12 vignettes based on real crimes taken from Portuguese newspapers. Half were related to infanticide, and half were related to intimate partner homicide. The sex of the offender was orthogonally manipulated to the type of crime. The results show that gender had an important impact on sentences, with males being more harshly penalized by reasons of perversity and women less penalized by reason of mental disorders. In addition, filicide was more heavily penalized than was intimate partner homicide. The results also revealed a tendency toward a retributive conception of punishment. We discuss how gender norms in justice seem to be embedded in society as well as the need for intervention against the punitive tendency of this population.SAGEUniversidade do MinhoSaavedra, LuísaCameira, MiguelRebelo, SofiaSebastião, Cátia20172017-01-01T00:00:00Zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/1822/38255eng0886-260510.1177/088626051558554225957063info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAP2023-07-21T12:21:07ZPortal AgregadorONG |
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Gender norms in Portuguese college sudents' judgments in familial homicides: bad men and mad women |
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Gender norms in Portuguese college sudents' judgments in familial homicides: bad men and mad women |
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Gender norms in Portuguese college sudents' judgments in familial homicides: bad men and mad women Saavedra, Luísa Homicide Family issues and mediators Child abuse Women offenders Violent offenders Legal intervention Ciências Sociais::Psicologia Social Sciences |
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Gender norms in Portuguese college sudents' judgments in familial homicides: bad men and mad women |
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Gender norms in Portuguese college sudents' judgments in familial homicides: bad men and mad women |
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Gender norms in Portuguese college sudents' judgments in familial homicides: bad men and mad women |
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Gender norms in Portuguese college sudents' judgments in familial homicides: bad men and mad women |
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Gender norms in Portuguese college sudents' judgments in familial homicides: bad men and mad women |
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Saavedra, Luísa |
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Saavedra, Luísa Cameira, Miguel Rebelo, Sofia Sebastião, Cátia |
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Cameira, Miguel Rebelo, Sofia Sebastião, Cátia |
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Universidade do Minho |
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Saavedra, Luísa Cameira, Miguel Rebelo, Sofia Sebastião, Cátia |
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Homicide Family issues and mediators Child abuse Women offenders Violent offenders Legal intervention Ciências Sociais::Psicologia Social Sciences |
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Homicide Family issues and mediators Child abuse Women offenders Violent offenders Legal intervention Ciências Sociais::Psicologia Social Sciences |
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The gender of the offender has been proved to be an important factor in judicial sentencing. In this study, we analyze the judgments of College students regarding perpetrators of familial homicides to evaluate the presence of these gender norms and biases in the larger society. The sample included 303 college students (54.8% female) enrolled in several social sciences and engineering courses. Participants were asked to read 12 vignettes based on real crimes taken from Portuguese newspapers. Half were related to infanticide, and half were related to intimate partner homicide. The sex of the offender was orthogonally manipulated to the type of crime. The results show that gender had an important impact on sentences, with males being more harshly penalized by reasons of perversity and women less penalized by reason of mental disorders. In addition, filicide was more heavily penalized than was intimate partner homicide. The results also revealed a tendency toward a retributive conception of punishment. We discuss how gender norms in justice seem to be embedded in society as well as the need for intervention against the punitive tendency of this population. |
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