Barbara A. Koons-Witt

TL;DR: This paper explored the relationship between gender and imprisonment decisions in Minnesota before and after the introduction of sentencing guidelines and found that gender alone did not have a significant impact on the likelihood of imprisonment, but women with dependent children were significantly less likely to be imprisoned before sentencing guidelines.

TL;DR: This paper examined responses to surveys administered to convenience samples of students enrolled at the University of South Carolina prior to and following the mass shooting incidents on the campuses of Virginia Tech and Northern Illinois University and found that both shootings were associated with modest increases in various measures of fear.

TL;DR: The authors examined the types of needs identified at intake from a sample of 546 female parolees and found that if a parolee was employed, had stable living arrangements, and was assessed as needing and receiving some type of drug and/or alcohol program intervention, she was less likely to fail on parole.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examined the relationship between cooffending and type of crime as well as the type of weapon(s) used during violent incidents and the race of the perpetrators.

TL;DR: This paper found that females were consistently sentenced more leniently than were similarly situated males in South Carolina and that there was a significant interaction between gender and offense severity level for both sentencing outcomes and criminal history for the incarceration decision.