NCJ Number
106469
Date Published
1987
Length
217 pages
Annotation
This second of a four-volume set draws on empirical studies and reports of experts in discussing women as crime victims, offenders, and criminal justice practitioners.
Abstract
Chapters on female crime victims explore victimization survey data on women; the history, dynamics, fallacies, implications, characterization, causal conceptions, and effects associated with rape; and the victimization of women through pornography. Other female victimizations examined include incest, the battered mother, military spouse abuse, and sexual harassment. Chapters on female offenders consider official and self-report data on female offenses, the shortcomings of such data, and the patterns and incidence of female criminality. Also addressed are the issues of chivalry, paternalism, and the 'new' female criminal. A discussion of the family offenses most often committed by women encompasses murder, spouse abuse, child abuse, and incest. In addition to exploring the prostitute as offender and victim, several unusual areas of female criminality are addressed, such as the female rapist or terrorist, women in gangs, women as con artists, and drug use among women. The female inmate is discussed as well. One chapter covers the changing roles of female criminal justice practitioners, conflict theory applied to these roles, and the difficulties women have experienced in trying to establish themselves in various criminal justice fields. Chapter notes, 89-item bibliography, and subject index.