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    Female Crime and Delinquency » Read Now

    by Coramae Richey Mann. 303 pgs.

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    Murder Most Rare: The Female Serial Killer » Read Now

    by Michael D. Kelleher, C. L. Kelleher. 214 pgs.

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    While the short, lethal careers of serial killers such as Jeffrey Dahmer and Andrew Cunanan terrorize the public and provide morbid inspiration for the entertainment industry, few people realize that it is the female serial killer, seldom heard of, who deserves most to be feared. Murder Most Rare...
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    Casualties of Community Disorder: Women's Careers in Violent Crime » Read Now

    by Deborah R. Baskin, Ira B. Sommers. 192 pgs.

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    Based on some 170 case studies, this volume delves into the heart of the criminal subculture to produce evidence that challenges traditional gender-based assumptions about women and crime.
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    Women in the Criminal Justice System » Read Now

    by Clarice Feinman. 211 pgs.

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    This third edition provides thoroughly updated information on the status of women in all aspects of the U.S. criminal justice system, from incarcerated women to professionals in the legal, law enforcement, and correctional fields. While concentrating on the present, Clarice Feinman traces changes in...
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    When Women Kill: Questions of Agency and Subjectivity » Read Now

    by Belinda Morrissey. 213 pgs.

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    Why are we so reluctant to believe that women can mean to kill? Based on case-studies from the US, UK and Australia, this book looks at the ways in which female killers are constructed in the media, in law and in feminist discourse almost invariably as victims rather than actors in the crimes they...
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    The Crimes of Women in Early Modern Germany » Read Now

    by Ulinka Rublack. 292 pgs.

    Collections: History, Entire Library
    This fascinating study is the first to investigate the crimes of women living in Germany during the time of the Reformation and the Thirty Years War. Ulinka Rublack draws on court records to examine the lives of shrewd cutpurses, quarreling artisan wives, and soldiers' concubines, and explores...
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    Crime, Gender, and Sexuality in Criminal Prosecutions ("Female Criminality and Subversion in Early Modern Ireland" begins on p. 19) » Read Now

    by Louis A. Knafla. 228 pgs.

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    Knafla and his contributors explore the common problems and issues that emerge from the study of class and gender in criminal prosecutions, ranging from late medieval Europe to the early 20th century. The chapters demonstrate that conceptions of crime and criminal behavior are influenced decisively...
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    Prisons and Women » Read Now

    by Blanche Hampton. 220 pgs.

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    Examines the women's prison system in New South Wales from the point of view of the inmates, using as sources both Government documents and the experiences of prisoners and ex-prisoners themselves. Covers topics such as arrest and interrogation, health, custodial officers and post-release. Includes...
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    Sex and Supervision: Guarding Male and Female Inmates » Read Now

    by Joycelyn M. Pollock. 168 pgs.

    Collections: Psychology, Entire Library
    ...have hypothesized that black women are overrepresented in crime because they are socialized...Females in the Juvenile Court," in Women, Crime and Justice , ed S. K...
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    Adolescent Female Offenders: Unique Considerations, in Adolescence » Read Now

    by Darcy Miller, Catherine Trapani, Kathy Fejes-Mendoza, Carolyn Eggleston, Donna Dwiggins. 7 pgs.

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    Women and Criminality: The Woman as Victim, Offender, and Practitioner » Read Now

    by Ronald Barri Flowers. 217 pgs.

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    "This book is a welcome addition to the literature on women and criminality. It should be of particular interest to the general reader as a concise, well-organized and clearly written review of important aspects of this social problem. It would be excellent as a supplementary text in criminal...

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