Women sentenced to jail in New York City
By: Pauline Katherine Brennan.
Series: Criminal justice : recent scholarship; Criminal justice (LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC)
Publisher: LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC
Published: 2002
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 396
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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 371-386) and index.
Table of contents: title: Race/ethnicity, social class, and gender-role differences among women; title: Theoretical discussions of female-defendant processing; title: Empirical examinations of female-defendant sentencing; title: Propositions and research question; title: Data and methodology; title: General models; title: Race/ethnicity-specific models; title: Offense-specific models; title: Summary and discussion.