Female Offenders - An Annotated Bibliography

Many social scientists have ignored the diversity of the women's prison population and the differential treatment to which women of various backgrounds have been subjected. These omissions have affected the type of information available on women in the criminal justice system as it relates exclusively to gender. The goal of this work is to document women's unique and gender-biased experience as participants and victims of the criminal justice system.

Topics include women on death row, race and gender issues, probation and parole, female juvenile delinquents, prostitution, health and mental health issues of women in prison, social justice concerns, and educational programs. The references included highlight the interdisciplinary nature of the issues as they cross such fields as law, criminal justice, social work, and psychology, and reveal the intensity of racism and sexism often ignored by the system, but confronted by the female population in the criminal justice system.

List of contents

Foreword by Sister Mary Vincentia Joseph, DSW
Introduction
Criminology
Crimes
Arrest, Prosecution, Sentencing
Female Juveniles
Corrections
Probation and Parole
Political Prisoners
Bibliographies
Subject Index
Author Index

About the author

Beverly R. Fletcher, Kathleen O'Shea

Product details

• Authors: Beverly R. Fletcher, Fletcher Beverly R., Kathleen A. O'Shea, O'Shea Kathleen, Unknown
• Publisher: Bloomsbury
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 14.01.1997
• EAN: 9780313292286
• ISBN: 978-0-313-29228-6
• Series: Research and Bibliographical Guides in Criminal Justice
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > Criminal law, criminal procedural law, criminology; USA, LAW / Criminal Law / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology, Crime, Criminal law & procedure, REFERENCE / Bibliographies & Indexes, United States of America, USA, Gender studies: women, Crime and criminology, Crime & criminology, Gender studies: women and girls, Criminal law: procedure and offences, Bibliographies, catalogues