By Lucy Caulkett-
New research suggests that women under the influence of alcohol receive harsher sentences than men in the same situation.
Researchers found that sentencing outcomes across both genders were imbalanced, with female offenders given significantly higher sentences than male offenders.The study examining the differential in aggravating sentencing outcomes for male and female defendants of assault offences raises some concerning issues.
It models the probability of custody and sentence severity using the Crown Court Sentencing Survey. The University of Liverpool, which carried out the research, studied data collected as part of the Crown Court Sentencing Survey (CCSS). The CCSS examined more than 30,000 cases heard between the second quarter of 2012 and the end of 2014.
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Wherever incidences of intoxication were cited as an aggravating factor to an offence, female defendants were found to have faced harsher sentences. The increase in probability of a custodial sentence applied by the judge was 13.4% for women, nearly 3 times that applied to male defendants (5.7%). The case was different to in relation to GBH offences for men.
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