Women and Crime

Judith A. Warner, PhD, is professor of sociology and criminal justice at Texas A&M International University, Laredo, TX.

• List of TablesPreface1 History and BackgroundIntroductionPatriarchal Tradition: Greece, Rome, and Judeo-Christian LawColonial and Revolutionary America: The 16th Century to 1776Emergence of the United States: 1776 through the Antebellum Period1890s–1930: The Progressive Era1930s–1967: The Medical Model and Treatment Era1967–1980: The Community-Based Era1980s–Present: The Crime Control Model and Prison WarehousingConclusionReferences2 Problems, Controversies, and SolutionsSocial Control and Reduced Women's OffendingViolent Offending and VictimizationGendered Patterns of VictimizationWhat Pathways Lead Girls and Women to Crime?What Are Causes and Correlates of Girls' Juvenile Offending?Gender Gap in OffendingWhy Are Certain Crimes More Likely to Be Committed by Men?Are Female Murderers Always "Mad or Bad"?Typology of Female Homicide OffendersAre Girls Becoming More Violent?Women's Drug OffendingSocial Strain and Drug-Related Nonviolent CrimeChild Maltreatment: Sexual AbuseCriminalization of Drug Use by Pregnant WomenIs Sex Work/Prostitution a Victimless Crime?What Is the Impact of Increasing Women's Imprisonment?How Does Women's Imprisonment Affect Children?Did Women's Equality Decrease the Gender Ratio of Crime?SolutionsMandatory Minimum Sentencing ReformWhat Are the Alternatives to Incarceration?Gender-Sensitive StrategiesAgainst Women's Violent and Sexual VictimizationReferences3 The Globalization of Women's Crime and VictimizationTransnational Drug Trafficking and Women OffendersCriminalization of ProstitutionPartial Decriminalization and Legalization of Prostitution in EuropeGlobal Lockdown of WomenInternational Women's VictimizationHuman Trafficking and SlaveryViolence against Women and International AdvocacyFemicideDomestic Violence and HomicideFemale Genital MutilationHonor KillingsSocial Harm and Human Rights SolutionsReferences4 ChronologyAntiquity and the Origins of Patriarchy: 10,000 bce–500 bceRepublican Rome: 509 bc–27 bcDominate: ad 284–476 (Western Empire); ad 284–565 (Eastern Empire)Middle Ages: 501–1500Early Modern Period: 1501–1800 (Colonial and Early America)The Spread of Industrialization: 1801–1890The Progressive Era: 1890s–1930The Medical Model and Treatment Era: 1930s–1970Community-Based Era: 1967–1980Crime Control and Prison Warehousing Era: 1980s–Present5 BiographiesFreda Adler (1934–)Polly Adler (1900–1962)Casey Anthony (1986–)Kevin Bales (1952–)Arizona Donnie Clark Barker (1872–1935)Sandra "La Reina del Pacifico (Queen of the Pacific)" Avila Beltran (1960–)Mukhtaran Bibi (1972–)Sidney Biddle Barrow (1952–)Myra Colby Bradwell (1831–1894)Pat Brown (1955–)Laura Bullion (1876–1961)Bonnie Campbell (1948–)Hillary Rodham Clinton (1947–)Meda Chesney-Lind (1947–)Sharon Cooper, MD (1952–)Dorothea Dix (1802–1887)Jaycee Dugard (1980–)Melissa Farley (1942–)Lea Weingarten Fastow (1961–)Heidi Fleiss (1966–)Mary Frith (1584–1659)Jean Harris (1923–)Kamala Harris (1964–)Patty Hearst (1954–)Leona Helmsley (1920–2007)Shauntay Henderson (1982–)Donna M. Hughes (1954–)Ruth Joan Bader Ginsberg (1933–)Jessica Lenahan (formerly Gonzales; 1966–)Elena Kagan (1960–)Sunitha Krishnan (1969–)Somaly Mam (1970 or 1971–)Blanche Moore (1933–)Susan Murphy-Milano (1958–)Chouchou Namegabe (1978–)Sandra Day O'Connor (1930–)Bonnie Parker (1911–1934)Kathleen Reichs (1950–)Janet Wood Reno (1938–)Ethel Rosenberg (1915–1955)Malika Saada SaarRobin Sax (1971–)Mana al Sharif (1979–)Rita J. Simon (1931–)Sonia Maria Sotomayor (1954–)Susan Smith (1971–)Martha Stewart (1941–)Karla Faye Tucker (1959–1998)Christina S. Walters (1979–)Aileen Wuornos (1956–2002)Andrea Yates (1965–)6 Data and DocumentsThe Dark Figure of Crime: Issues in Interpretation of Crime DataUniform Crime Report DefinitionsWomen and the Crime RateViolent CrimesNonviolent CrimesPublic Order CrimesRace and Sex of Homicide and Rape OffendersIncreasing Women's Imprisonment Despite Crime DeclineGendered and Racial Disparities in ImprisonmentAging Out and DesistanceIncarcerated Noncitizen WomenWomen and the LawEnglish Common Law Doctrine of CovertureMann Act of 1910United Nations Declaration of Human Rights (1948)The Civil Rights Act of 1964Women's Rate of Victimization in the United StatesRapeViolence against Women and Department of Justice Reauthorization Act of 2005Sex TraffickingTorture Definition and ProstitutionTrafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (TVPA)Female Genital Circumcision in U.S. Criminal Law7 Directory of Organizations and Government AgenciesU.S. Agencies and OrganizationsNational Information OrganizationsInternational OrganizationsInternational Advocacy OrganizationsNational Advocacy OrganizationsPrison Advocacy OrganizationsDomestic Violence Advocacy OrganizationsProstitution/Sex Work Advocacy OrganizationsHuman/Sex Trafficking Advocacy OrganizationsSex Offenders and Missing/Exploited Children AdvocacyNonprofit OrganizationsWomen in Prison and Sentencing Law ReformHuman RightsDomestic ViolenceCulturally Competent Responses to Domestic ViolenceThink Tanks8 Print and Nonprint ResourcesBooks and ArticlesGeneral WorksHistory of Women and CrimeWomen's Patterned OffendingMinority Women's Criminal OffendingAdolescent Girl's OffendingHistory of Women's VictimizationWomen's VictimizationJournalsFeminist CriminologyWomen and Criminal JusticeVictimization HotlinesInternet ResourcesInternational Organizations and Internet ResourcesDocumentariesHistory of Women and the LawWomen OffendersHomicideDrug Trafficking and UseProstitutionHuman/Sex TraffickingJuvenile DelinquencyWomen in Prison: Offenders and WorkersWomen's VictimizationGlossaryIndexAbout the Author

This most recent addition to ABC-CLIO's Contemporary World Issues series offers a broad survey of the terrain. The series itself is uniformly attractive in terms of an appealing and easy-to-use format. Although any student of 'women and crime' would find some useful information in this volume. . . . Altogether, this reference work is a useful resource on a topic of growing interest and significance.