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Jill Doerner’s research focuses on the sentencing decision process, and more specifically the effects of legal (prior record,
offense severity) and extralegal characteristics (race, ethnicity, gender) on the likelihood of incarceration and sentence
length outcomes. Her dissertation examines the existence of a gender gap in the sentencing process, determining what factors
and characteristics contribute to the differential sentencing of defendants in U.S. federal courts. She has worked as both
a teaching and research assistant and has taught two sections of Principles of Sociology. In addition to her dissertation,
she is presently co-authoring an article with her advisor, Steve Demuth, on the effects of race/ethnicity, gender, and age
on sentencing outcomes, as well as a paper with fellow graduate students examining the consequences of incarceration on the
aging prison population, paying particular attention to the inmate’s safety and well-being, as well as their overall health
outcomes.
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