Women offenders and the gendered effects of public policy

Review of Policy Research

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 31-48

  Bloom, Barbara ^a   Owen, Barbara ^b   Covington, Stephanie ^c  

^a SONOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Center for Gender and Justice   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRIME; GENDER ISSUE; POLICY DEVELOPMENT; SOCIAL POLICY;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 1642371422     PISSN: 1541132X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1541-1338.2004.00056.x     Document Type: Article

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