NCJ Number
79817
Journal
Criminal Justice and Behavior Volume: 8 Issue: 3 Dated: (September 1981) Pages: 325-342
Date Published
1981
Length
18 pages
Annotation
Groups of female criminals were studied by drawing samples of prostitutes and property offenders and then further stratifying them according to race (white versus black) and juvenile economic status (low versus middle class).
Abstract
The eight groups were then compared on six juvenile variables: bonding/integration, criminal activities, criminal labelling, sexual labelling, and ages of first departure from home and first criminal activity. While prostitutes were significantly more deviant than property offenders on five of these six variables, fewer differences occurred for race and economic status. (Publisher abstract)