Research Catalog

Title

Female crime, criminals, and cellmates : an exploration of female criminality and delinquency / by R. Barri Flowers.

Author

Flowers, R. Barri (Ronald Barri)

Publication

Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., c1995.

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Details

Description

xiv, 286 p. : ill.; 24 cm.

Subject

• Female offenders > United States
• Female offenders > United States > Statistics
• Women prisoners > United States
• Women prisoners > United States > Statistics

Genre/Form

Statistics

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 267-274) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

The dynamics of female criminality -- The extent of female crime -- The nature of female crime -- Female crime in comparison to male crime -- Causal approaches to female crime and delinquency -- Theories on female criminality -- Factors in female delinquency and crime -- Women and crime -- Homicidal women -- Women and domestic violence -- Incestuous women -- Women and prostitution -- Women and drug abuse -- Female white-collar criminals -- Female rapist and con artists -- Girls, crime and delinquency -- Runaway girls -- Girl prostitutes -- Girls, alcohol, and drugs -- Girl thieves -- Girls in gangs -- Females behind bars -- Girls in custody -- Women as jail inmates -- Women prisoners.

ISBN

0786400692 (lib. bdg. : alk. paper)

LCCN

^^^95005633^

OCLC

32086794

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library