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Women in Prison

NCJ Number
152956
Date Published
1994
Length
4 pages
Annotation
This briefing contains statistics on women in English prisons during the year 1992.
Abstract
Data in this report include the ages of female offenders, types of crimes for which they were incarcerated, their previous convictions and reconviction rates, and ethnic origins. There are brief descriptions of 12 women's prisons and other detention facilities as of May 1994. There are statistics on women's prisons receptions and total fine default in 1992, and numbers of women prisoners in 1994. References

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