When it comes to sentencing, the outcomes for men and women are dramatically different. If there is an inconsistency in how the genders are dealt with in the courts, that is one area in which, even in less so-called enlightened times than the one we now live in, women have been treated better. It is curious to examine the Victorian period and look at the returns for Mountjoy Prison and other such places. The number of women offenders was enormously higher then than now. The Victorians were much tougher on women, sending them to jail for theft, prostitution and other crimes. Now, the Judiciary has a different attitude when it comes to gender discrimination.