A table of Bureau of Justice Statistics data showing sentencing disparities for vehicular homicide based on the gender of the offender and the victim.

A statistical table titled Table 5 showing prison sentences for vehicular homicide. It compares male and female offenders and victims, indicating that male offenders killing female victims receive the longest average sentences (10.4 years) while female offenders killing male victims receive the shortest (3.0 years).

Table 5. Prison Sentences by Gender of Offender and Victim for Vehicular Homicides: Bureau of Justice Statistics Data Offender Male Victim Male No Yes Total No: Mean prison sentence 4.5 10.4 9.7 SD 3.0 11.9 11.4 Sample size 3 24 27 Yes: Mean prison sentence 3.0 4.7 4.4 SD 3.1 4.0 3.9 Sample size 20 80 100 Total: Mean prison sentence 3.2 6.0 5.5 SD 3 7.1 6.6 Sample size 23 104 127 Note. Mean prison sentence lengths in years, standard deviations (SDs) of sentence length, and sample sizes by victim and offender characteristics. The data are from Bureau of Justice Statistics (1996).