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Too Few To Count: Canadian Women in Conflict With the Law

NCJ Number
112222
Editor(s)
E Adelberg, C Currie
Date Published
1987
Length
253 pages
Annotation
These nine papers present statistics and a feminist analysis of female criminality in Canada, challenging traditional theories of women's criminal behavior and exploring the consequences for women of a criminal justice system designed for, created, and controlled by men.
Abstract
An analysis of data on female criminality notes that Canadian women are charged largely with petty property offenses and indicate a link between Canadian women's crimes and their generally inferior economic and social position compared to men. Further statistics are presented that show a disproportionately high rate of certain offenses by Native women. Additional articles focus on the nature of women's imprisonment, the entry and subsequent treatment of young women in the criminal justice system, and the way that theorists have analyzed women's involvement in crime. Further papers focus on the treatment of Federal female prisoners; the experience of women in the Prison for Women in Kingston, Ontario; the efforts of two women to foster changes in the criminal justice system; and the messages behind popular media portrayals of women in prison. Chapter reference notes, photographs, tables, figure, index, list of advocacy groups, and 245 references.