From media attention to legislative actions, individuals convicted of sex offenses are often perceived as dangerous and a threat to society. Previous research, however, has demonstrated that perceived dangerousness is gender-specific, often minimizing culpability for women convicted of sex offenses. Consequently, previous research on sentencing outcomes of these individuals have largely been male-only samples, leaving a gap in the literature as it pertains to females convicted of sex offenses. The current study sought to fill this gap by examining the impact that those convicted, victims, and offense characteristics had on sentencing outcomes for women convicted of sex offenses. We analyzed a sample of 262 females convicted of a sex offense in a Southern state. The results demonstrated that official case characteristics, along with victim characteristics, play an influential role in the judicial decision to impose an incarceration sentence.

从媒体关注到立法行动，被判犯有性犯罪的个人通常被认为是危险的，对社会构成威胁。然而，先前的研究表明，感知到的危险是特定于性别的，通常可以最大限度地减少因性犯罪而被定罪的女性的罪责。因此，之前对这些人的量刑结果的研究主要是男性样本，这在文献中留下了空白，因为它涉及被判犯有性犯罪的女性。目前的研究试图通过检查那些被定罪的人、受害者和犯罪特征对被判犯有性犯罪的女性的量刑结果的影响来填补这一空白。我们分析了在南部州因性犯罪而被定罪的 262 名女性样本。结果表明，官方案例特征，