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Women sentenced to jail in New York City /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Brennan, Pauline Katherine, 1967-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : LFB Scholarly Pub., 2002.
Series:Criminal justice (LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC)
Subjects:
Sentences (Criminal procedure) > Social aspects > New York (State) > New York.
Female offenders > New York (State) > New York.
Criminal statistics > New York (State) > New York.
Sex discrimination in criminal justice administration > New York (State) > New York.
Table of Contents:
  • Race/ethnicity, social class, and gender-role difference among women
  • Theoretical discussions of female-defendant processing
  • Empirical examinations of female-defendant sentencing
  • Propositions and research question
  • Data and methodology
  • General models
  • Race/ethnicity-specific models
  • Offense-specific models
  • Summary and discussion.