The Female Offender: Girls, Women and Crime

Chesney-Lind (women's studies, U. of Hawaii, Manoa) and Pasko (Youth Gang Project, U. of Hawaii, Manoa) examine the circumstances that have led to the increased incarceration of females in the U.S., the public perception of female offenders and the treatment they receive, and the effects of the imp

• Author
• Meda Chesney-Lind

• Format
• paperback

• Pages
• 216

• Publisher
• Sage Publications (CA)

• Language
• english

• ISBN
• 9780761924050

• Genres
• textbooks

• Release date
• 2003