Bias in Sentencing Men for Sexual Offenses Against Minors: Male Victims Bring More Punitive Sentences Than Female Victims.

Behav Sci Law · 2025 · PMC12316585 · PMID 40128636

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The difference was highly significant for contact‐enticement, with a small‐medium effect size.

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