Out in the storm
Subtitle: drug-addicted women living as shoplifters and sex workers
By: Gail A. Caputo.
Series: Northeastern series on gender, crime, and law
Publisher: University Press of New England; Northeastern University Press; Published by University Press of New England
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Lebanon, NH
Language: eng
Number of pages: 231
ISBN-13: 9781555536954; 9781555536961
Subjects: Female offenders -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia; Shoplifting -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia; Prostitutes -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia; Women drug addicts -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia; Drug abuse and crime -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia; Female offenders -- New Jersey -- Camden; Shoplifting -- New Jersey -- Camden; Prostitutes -- New Jersey -- Camden; Women drug addicts -- New Jersey -- Camden; Drug abuse and crime -- New Jersey -- Camden
Description: " ... Out in the Storm examines thirty-eight drug-addicted women in the Philadelphia area who have taken up shoplifting and sex work to finance their habits and their lives."--Back cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.