The Crimes Women Commit, the Punishments They Receive
- ISBN-10
- 0669202363
- ISBN-13
- 9780669202366
- Category
- Female offenders
- Pages
- 136
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1991
- Publisher
- Free Press
- Authors
- Rita James Simon, Jean Landis
Description
An update of "Women and Crime" (c1975), this second edition focuses on updating demographic data, which indicate changes in women's social status and involvement in criminal activities, examining court data for changes in judges' treatment of women, and looking at changes in opportunities for women to acquire academic and vocational skills as well as the provisions and programs available for spending time with their children.
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