Judging in a 'Different Voice': Gender and the Sentencing of Violent Offences in Israel

Bryna Bogoch

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Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)51-78
Number of pages28
JournalInternational Journal of the Sociology of Law
Volume27
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - Mar 1999

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This is part of a larger study of gender bias in the Israeli courts conducted by myself and Rochelle Don-Yechiya and funded by the Ford Foundation, at the instigation of Israel Women's Network and under the auspices of the Jerusalem Institute for Israel Studies. First and foremost I wish to thank Rochelle Don-Yechiya for her partnership in this project and for her continuing friendship. Thanks to the members of the Steering Committee of this study for their interest and involvement throughout the research period and to the staff of theJerusalem Institute andtheWomen's Network for their efficient cooperation.This paper was written while I was a visiting scholar at the Centre for Sociological Studies, Oxford University, and I am grateful for the assistance of the researchers and administrative staff of the Centre. I wish to thank Sally Lloyd-Bostock and Roger Hood for discussions and comments, and Keith Hawkins, who read an earlier draft of the paper and who provided very helpful suggestions. Part of this paper was presented at the Annual Meeting, Law and Society Association, Aspen Colorado, June 4–7,1998. Many thanks to Michael Paris, chair of the session on Judging and Gender, and Susan McCoin, co-panelist, for their comments and observations.

Funding

This is part of a larger study of gender bias in the Israeli courts conducted by myself and Rochelle Don-Yechiya and funded by the Ford Foundation, at the instigation of Israel Women's Network and under the auspices of the Jerusalem Institute for Israel Studies. First and foremost I wish to thank Rochelle Don-Yechiya for her partnership in this project and for her continuing friendship. Thanks to the members of the Steering Committee of this study for their interest and involvement throughout the research period and to the staff of theJerusalem Institute andtheWomen's Network for their efficient cooperation.This paper was written while I was a visiting scholar at the Centre for Sociological Studies, Oxford University, and I am grateful for the assistance of the researchers and administrative staff of the Centre. I wish to thank Sally Lloyd-Bostock and Roger Hood for discussions and comments, and Keith Hawkins, who read an earlier draft of the paper and who provided very helpful suggestions. Part of this paper was presented at the Annual Meeting, Law and Society Association, Aspen Colorado, June 4–7,1998. Many thanks to Michael Paris, chair of the session on Judging and Gender, and Susan McCoin, co-panelist, for their comments and observations.

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Israel Women's Network
Jerusalem Institute for Israel Studies
Ford Foundation

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