Whittle Marion, Hall Guy
School of Law, Murdoch University, Australia.
Psychiatr Psychol Law. 2018 Jan 29;25(3):404-416. doi: 10.1080/13218719.2017.1418145. eCollection 2018.
This article presents the results of a major theme arising out of a grounded theory analysis of judges' sentencing remarks for males and females sentenced for intimate partner homicide in Australia between July 2009 and June 2014. Specifically, this article focuses on judges' commentary regarding the use of alcohol and/or drugs as a contributing factor to the offending. The qualitative data indicate that despite the seriousness of the offence, sentencing judges often fail to attribute with clarity a sufficient degree of responsibility to male offenders for their voluntary consumption of alcohol and drugs and their subsequent violent behaviour. Additionally, judges attributed more blameworthiness to non-Aboriginal female offenders, who they believed were unable to take control of their dysfunctional lives whilst in an alcohol or drug-induced state.
本文呈现了一个重要主题的研究结果，该主题源自对2009年7月至2014年6月间澳大利亚因亲密伴侣杀人罪被判刑的男性和女性的法官量刑陈述进行的扎根理论分析。具体而言，本文聚焦于法官对将酒精和/或毒品的使用作为犯罪促成因素的评论。定性数据表明，尽管罪行严重，但量刑法官往往未能明确认定男性罪犯对其自愿饮酒和吸毒及其随后的暴力行为负有足够程度的责任。此外，法官将更多的可责难性归咎于非原住民女性罪犯，他们认为这些女性在酒精或药物诱发状态下无法掌控自己功能失调的生活。
