NCJ Number
19409
Editor(s)
A BRODSKY,
M ROSENZWEIG
Date Published
1974
Length
76 pages
Annotation
A COLLECTION OF NINE STUDENT RESEARCH PROJECTS AND REPORTS PRODUCED DURING A UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA COURSE ON WOMEN AS OFFENDERS, VICTIMS, AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE PERSONNEL.
Abstract
THE COURSE DEALT WITH TREATMENT OF WOMEN UNDER THE LAW, THE SOCIALIZATION OF WOMEN, THEIR PATTERNS AND DEVIANT BEHAVIOR, THEIR ATTITUDES AND CONDITIONS IN PENAL INSTITUTIONS AND POSSIBLE TREATMENT ALTERNATIVES. THE FIRST SELECTION IN THIS REPORT DESCRIBES THE UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA COURSE. THE SUBSEQUENT SELECTIONS DEAL WITH THE STUDENT PROJECTS, COVERING SUCH TOPICS AS ATTITUDES TOWARD WOMEN CRIMINAL JUSTICE PERSONNEL, MOST FREQUENTLY COMMITTED CRIMES BY MALE AND FEMALE OFFENDERS, CRIME VICTIMIZATION OF MALES AND FEMALES, AND WOMEN IN POLICING. SEX DIFFERENCES WERE INVESTIGATED WITH RESPECT TO UNDETECTED CRIME IN HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS, JUDGEMENTS OF THE SEVERITY OF CRIMINAL OFFENSES, AND PUNITIVENESS TOWARD OFFENDERS. A SURVEY OF RECCOMMENDATIONS FOR FEMALE CRIMINALS BY CRIMINAL JUSTICE STUDENTS IS ALSO REPORTED. A READING LIST ON SEXUAL JUSTICE AND A BIBLIOGRAPHY ARE INCLUDED.