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

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., 2008.

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Description
xiv, 286 p. : ill.; 23 cm.
Subject
  • Female offenders > United States > Statistics
  • Female offenders > United States
  • Women prisoners > United States > Statistics
  • Women prisoners > United States
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 267-274) and index.
Additional Formats (note)
  • Also issued online.
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
  • 0786440538
  • 9780786440535
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library