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The Treatment of Women Within the Criminal Justice System: An Inquiry into the Social Impact of the Women's Rights Movement.
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Heilbrun, Alfred B., Jr.; Heilbrun, Mark R. – Psychology of Women Quarterly, 1986
Examines the possible impact of the feminist movement upon criminal justice decisions relating to women. One body of data confirmed a trend away from indiscriminate leniency in the punishment of female criminals during the women's movement. The second set of data disclosed that an increased seriousness was accorded to the crime of rape as feminism…
Descriptors: Civil Rights, Crime, Criminal Law, Criminals