| Description |
1 online resource |
| Contents |
Inmate sexual aggression : some evolving propositions, empirical findings, and mitigating counter-forces / Peter L. Nacci, Thomas R. Kane -- Gender disparity in the setting of bail : prostitution offenses in Buffalo, NY 1977-1979 / Frances P. Bernat -- The female offender's adjustment to prison life : a comparison of psychodidactic and traditional supportive approaches to treatment / Faye E. Sultan [and others] -- Evidence of unidimensionality of locus of control in women prisoners : implications for prisoner rehabilitation / James Griffith -- CB radio prostitution : technology and the displacement of deviance / Joan Luxenburg, Lloyd Klein -- A comparison of delinquent prostitutes and delinquent non-prostitutes on self-concept / Daria S. Bour, Jeanne P. Young, Rodney Henningsen -- An analysis of the factors related to the rate of violent crimes committed by incarcerated female delinquents / Mary L. Balthazar, Ruall J. Cook -- The psychological profile of the female first offender and the recidivist : a comparison / Gary T. Long [and others] -- Rape and racial patterns / James L. LeBeau -- Rape : a social perspective / Lynn Reynolds -- Rape as instrumental violence : a study of youth offenders / Shela R. Van Ness |
| Summary |
Here is a powerful look at gender issues in the criminal justice system, particularly as gender is related to sex offenses and the system's response to those offenses. Experts examine inmate sexual aggression, gender disparity in bail setting, racial patterns of rape, the female offender's adjustment to prison life, the psychological profile of female first offenders, and the self-image of juvenile prostitutes |
| Notes |
Title from PDF title page (viewed on Apr 17, 2014) |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Subject |
Prisoners -- Sexual behavior -- United States
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Homosexuality -- United States
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Women prisoners -- United States
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Prostitution -- United States
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Criminology.
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Homosexuality
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Prisoners -- Sexual behavior
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Prostitution
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Women prisoners
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United States
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Chaneles, Sol, editor
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| ISBN |
9781317735403 |
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1317735404 |
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