female offenders

This book includes a comprehensive history of women in prison, an examination of issues and controversies that affect women in prison, accounts of women describing in their own words how it feels to be incarcerated, and annotated lists of print and nonprint resources on women's imprisonment.

A beautiful con artist relates her turn-of-the-century escapades that took her around the world as she was being doggedly pursued by a Pinkerton Agency detective.

Contains 240 alphabetically arranged entries that provide information about various aspects of women and crime, covering offenders, offenses, and theories of offending, victims and victimology, policing, courts, and case processing, and punishment and treatment. Includes tables, graphs, and illustrations.

Chronicles the life of Chicago May, an Irish woman who, at age nineteen stole her family's fortune and fled to America, where she worked as a thief, a showgirl, and a prostitute, eventually being tried for robbery and attempted murder in 1901.

Brief biographies of women who were notorious for committing crimes or causing scandals, from the religious leader Aishah to the frontier heroine Betty Zane.

Looks at twenty-six infamous females from throughout history, including Bloody Mary, Calamity Jane, and Bonnie Parker among others.