“…Research on police and prosecutor interaction with women has primarily focused on situations in which women have been the victims of crime, such as domestic violence or rape. Although some research has examined the behavior of police (Robertson, Pearson, & Gibb, 1999;Visher, 1983) or prosecutors (Farnworth & Raymond-Teske, 1995;Figueira-McDonough, 1985;Gomez, 1997) toward female offenders, the majority of literature on lenient treatment toward women within the criminal justice system has focused on explaining and measuring judicial leniency. Because the discretionary powers of judges have been limited by the Federal Sentencing Guidelines, research on federal sentencing outcomes must begin to examine how other players in the criminal justice system use their discretionary powers to affect sentence outcomes.…”