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Gender Issues, Sex Offenses, and Criminal Justice

Current Trends

By Janine Chaneles

Published January 1st 1984 by Routledge – 188 pages

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Here is a powerful look at gender issues in the criminal justice system, particularly as gender is related to sex offenses and the system’s response to those offenses. Experts examine inmate sexual aggression, gender disparity in bail setting, racial patterns of rape, the female offender’s adjustment to prison life, the psychological profile of female first offenders, and the self-image of juvenile prostitutes.

Contents

Contents Inmate Sexual Aggression: Some Evolving Propositions, Empirical Findings, and Mitigating Counter-Forces

  • Gender Disparity in the Setting of Bail: Prostitution Offenses in Buffalo, New York 1977–1979
  • The Female Offender’s Adjustment to Prison Life: A Comparison of Psychodidactic and Traditional Supportive Approaches to Treatment
  • Evidence of Unidimensionality of Locus of Control in Women Prisoners: Implications for Prisoner Rehabilitation
  • CB Radio Prostitution: Technology and the Displacement of Deviance
  • A Comparison of Delinquent Prostitutes and Delinquent Non-Prostitutes on Self-Concept
  • An Analysis of the Factors Related to the Rate of Violent Crimes Committed by Incarcerated Female Delinquents
  • The Psychological Profile of the Female First Offender and the Recidivist: A Comparison
  • Rape and Racial Patterns
  • Rape: A Social Perspective
  • Rape as Instrumental Violence: A Study of Youth Offenders

Name: Gender Issues, Sex Offenses, and Criminal Justice: Current Trends (Hardback) – Routledge 
Description: By Janine Chaneles. Here is a powerful look at gender issues in the criminal justice system, particularly as gender is related to sex offenses and the system’s response to those offenses. Experts examine inmate sexual aggression, gender disparity in bail setting,...
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