Mallicoat, Stacy L.

Women and crime the essentials Stacy L. Mallicoat, California State University, Fullerton, Connie Ireland, California State University, Long Beach. - Thousand Oaks, CA SAGE Publications ©2014. - xx, 369 pages illustrations 23 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Foundations of feminist criminology -- Women and crime : introduction -- Data on female offending and victimization -- Theories of victimization -- Theories on victimization and offending -- Woman as victims -- Women and victimization : rape and sexual assaultassault -- Women and victimization : intimate partner abuse and stalking -- International issues in the victimization of women -- Women as offenders -- Girls and juvenile delinquency -- Female offenders : drug, property, and victimless crimes -- Female offenders and their crimes -- Processing and sentencing of female offenders -- The supervision and incarceration of women -- Women professionals and the criminal justice system -- Police corrections, and offender services -- Courts and victim services.

9781452217178 (pbk.)

2013013950


Sex discrimination in criminal justice administration
Female offenders
Women--Crimes against.

HV6250.4.W65 / M32645 2013

364.374 / M254w