NCJ Number
19480
Date Published
1975
Length
142 pages
Annotation
A DESCRIPTION OF THE EXTENT AND TYPE OF FEMALE INVOLVEMENT IN CRIME, INCLUDING CRIMINAL JUSTICE STATISTICS ON WOMEN, AND INFORMATION ON CRIMES MOST OFTEN COMMITTED BY WOMEN.
Abstract
THE FIRST SECTION REVIEWS THE LITERATURE ON WOMEN IN CRIME, AND SUMMARIZES THE MAJOR THEMES IN THE RESEARCH THAT HAS BEEN DONE IN THIS AREA. THE CURRENT STATUS THAT WOMEN OCCUPY IN SOCIETY AS REPRESENTED BY THE EXTENT AND QUALITY OF THEIR PARTICIPATION IN THE LABOR FORCE AND THEIR MARRIAGE, FERTILITY, INCOME AND EDUCATION PATTERNS IS THEN DESCRIBED. WOMEN'S PARTICIPATION IN CRIME AND THE TREATMENT WOMEN RECEIVE AT VARIOUS STAGES IN THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE PROCESS ARE OUTLINED. INFORMATION IS PROVIDED ON THE ARREST, TRIAL, SENTENCING, AND PAROLE STAGES OF THE PROCESS, AND COMPARATIVE STATISTICS FOR MEN AND WOMEN ARE INCLUDED. A BRIEF CHAPTER DESCRIBING BRITISH CRIMINAL AND PENAL STATISTICS IS ALSO PRESENTED. FINALLY, A SECTION WHICH SUMMARIZES INTERVIEWS WITH TRIAL COURT CRIMINAL JUDGES AND PROSECUTING ATTORNEYS CONCERNING THEIR IMAGES OF FEMALE OFFENDERS, THEIR TREATMENT OF WOMEN WHO ARE INVOLVED IN CRIME, AND THEIR EXPECTATIONS ABOUT THE FUTURE IS PROVIDED. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT MODIFIED)