Outcomes of requests for summary judgments in Federal sexual harassment cases: policy capturing revisited

In this study we employ a policy-capturing approach to identify those variables that appear to have a significant influence on the outcomes of defense requests for summary judgments in federal sexual harassment (SH) cases. The purpose of this study is to extend studies performed by D. E. Terpstra an...

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Published inSex roles Vol. 44; no. 3-4; pp. 109 - 128
Main Authors KNAPP, Deborah Erdos, HESHIZER, Brian P
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published New York, NY Springer 01.02.2001
Springer Nature B.V
Subjects
Biological and medical sciences
Civil Rights Legislation
Coding
Court Litigation
Decision Models
Employers
Federal district courts
Federal Government
Forensic psychiatry
Judges
Judicial Decisions
Legal Procedure
Legal Responsibility
Legislation
Litigation
Males
Medical sciences
Policy
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
Sexual Harassment
Sexual Orientation
Statistical Analysis
Summary judgment
Summary justice
Supervisors
USA
United States
North America
America
Human
Legal aspect
Sexual harassment
Decision making
Legislation
Judgment
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Summary:In this study we employ a policy-capturing approach to identify those variables that appear to have a significant influence on the outcomes of defense requests for summary judgments in federal sexual harassment (SH) cases. The purpose of this study is to extend studies performed by D. E. Terpstra and D. D. Baker(1988, 1992) in light of evolving legislation and case law and address the critcisms of policy-capturing studies by M. V. Roehling (1993).
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ISSN:0360-0025
1573-2762
DOI:10.1023/A:1010972718542