NCJ Number
50356
Date Published
1975
Length
0 pages
Annotation
THIS VIDEOTAPED RECORDING OF THE TELEVISION SERIES 'WOMAN' PRESENTS A DISCUSSION WITH FREDA ADLER ON HER BOOK 'SISTERS IN CRIME.'
Abstract
MS. ADLER STATES THAT FEMALE CRIMINALS AS A GROUP NOW ARE COMMITTING AS MANY CRIMES AS MALE CRIMINALS AND THAT THERE ALSO HAVE BEEN AN INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF FEMALE GANGS. SHE ATTRIBUTES THESE PHENOMENA TO THE WOMEN'S LIBERATION MOVEMENT. AS NEW JOBS OPEN TO WOMEN, A SOCIAL MILIEU IS CREATED WHICH ALLOWS FOR MORE OPPORTUNITIES TO EXPRES DEVIANT AND ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR. CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTIONS FOR WOMEN, HOWEVER, HAVE NOT RESPONDED TO THE INCREASED NUMBER OF FEMALE PRISONERS WITH APPROPRIATE REHABILITATION PROGRAMS. MORE AND BETTER REHABILITATION PROGRAMS EXIST FOR MEN, AND MS. ADLER URGES THAT THIS SITUATION BE CORRECTED. MS. ADLER WAS INTERVIEWED BY SANDRA ELKIN. (BAC)