Mallicoat, Stacy L.

Women and crime : the essentials / Stacy L. Mallicoat, Connie Ireland. - Thousand Oaks ; London : SAGE Publications, 2014. - xx, 369 p. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index (p. 357-367).

Contents: 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.

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