Artificial intelligence plays an increasingly important role in legal disputes, influencing not
only the reality outside the court but also the judicial decision-making process itself. While it …

Objective: Prior research consistently demonstrates that defendants convicted at trial are
sentenced more harshly than those who plead guilty. Additionally, a vast literature has …

Purpose Exhibiting an unprecedented rate of advancement, technology's progression over
the past two decades has regrettably led to a disturbing increase in the distribution of child …

Punishments are not always administered immediately after a crime is committed. Although
scholars and researchers claim that third parties should normatively enact punishments …

Objectives Evaluate the impact of missing data on observed racial disparities in the
likelihood of an incarceration sentence, given that complete case analysis in the common …

In this editorial, we describe our recommendations for how Sexual Abuse can improve
justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion (JEDI) in the scholarship that is published in these …

For decades, research has revealed a gender disparity in criminal case outcomes. This
phenomenon was traditionally explained as a product of male court actors' protectiveness of …

Purpose Sentencing practices in cases involving defendants with mental disorders are often
opaque, as data on case facts and sentencing decisions are not easily accessible. Methods …

Purpose Two dominant theoretical approaches used to explain racial and ethnic disparities
in criminal justice outcomes are focal concerns and group threat. This study tests …

Objectives This study examines gender disparities in criminal cases from the earliest stages
of prosecutorial decision-making in Argentina. Methods The data for this study are all …