Age, Race, and Female Offending
- 1 August 1988
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice
- Vol. 4 (3) , 125-138
- https://doi.org/10.1177/104398628800400302
Abstract
This paperexamines the similarities and differences among white and minority women who were committed to the California Youth Authority during the 1960s. Inspection of this group's juvenile and adult arrest records indicates that few differences existed among the groups with respect to offending behavior. However, significant differences did emerge in the sentences received as adults. Black women received more severe sentences as adults than did the white, Asian, or Latino women.Keywords
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