Women in the Criminal Justice System

CLARICE FEINMAN is Professor of Law and Justice at Trenton State College, New Jersey. She has been director of a rehabilitation program at the New York City Correctional Institution for Women and consultant/instructor to the New Jersey Department of Corrections Training Academy. Dr. Feinman is the founder and former editor of the international and interdisciplinary journal Women & Criminal Justice. She is the editor of The Criminalization of a Woman's Body (1992) and Criminal Justice Politics and Women: The Aftermath of Legally Mandated Change (with C. Schweber, 1985).

Preface
Introduction
Women's Role and Place: A Historic Debate
Women Criminals
Women and Crime: Myths and Realities
Women in Prisons and Jails
Women Professionals
Women in Law Enforcement
Women in the Legal Profession
Women in Corrections
Conclusion
Women in the Criminal Justice System: Concluding Observations
Select Bibliography
Index