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Offending women : female lawbreakers and the criminal justice system / Anne Worrall.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Worrall, Anne.
- Series:
- Sociology of law and crime
- Sociology of law and crime.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Female offenders--Great Britain.
- Female offenders.
- Sex discrimination in criminal justice administration.
- Great Britain.
- Deviant behavior--Labeling theory.
- Deviant behavior.
- Sex discrimination in criminal justice administration--Great Britain.
- Physical Description:
- ix, 189 pages ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York : Routledge, 1990.
- Summary:
- "Offending Women" provides a useful theoretical analysis of the discourse surrounding women's deviancy. Based on hundreds of interviews with magistrates, solicitors, psychiatrists, probation officers, and particularly female lawbreakers themselves, the book will be of interest to practitioners in the field as well as those with an interest in criminology and women's studies.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 181-186)
- ISBN:
- 0415037247
- 0415037255
- OCLC:
- 19981660
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