Women and the Criminal Justice System: Gender Matters

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Women and the Criminal Justice System: Gender Matters

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Author(s)

• Chesney-Lind, Meda

Source(s)

• LIS, Inc. (Longmont, CO)
• National Institute of Corrections Information Center (Longmont, CO)

Sponsor(s)

• National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC)

Details

Published 2000. 4 pages.

Related Topics

• Crime rate (Statistics &Research)
• Female offenders (Special Offenders)
• Women in community corrections (Special Offenders)

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