A new study examining female terrorist defendants using American Terrorism Study (ATS) data was recently published in Crime & Delinquency. The article is the result of collaboration between TRC Director Jeff Gruenewald and Associate Director Katie Ratcliff, along with Dr. Summer Jackson (California State University East Bay) and finds that “female terrorist defendants are more likely to receive bail and shorter sentences than male defendants, perhaps because they are stereotyped by court actors as more fragile, less culpable, and pose less danger to society.” Read the full article here.
The TRC has also produced a Research Brief summarizing the findings from this article.