Violent women: Findings from the texas women inmates study

Journal of Interpersonal Violence

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 485-502

  Pollock, Joycelyn M ^a   Mullings, Janet L ^b   Crouch, Ben M ^c  

^a TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Female offender; Violent crime; Women criminals

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; PRISON; PRISONER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE;

ADULT; FEMALE; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PRISONERS; PRISONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TEXAS; VIOLENCE;

EID: 33644615620     PISSN: 08862605     EISSN: 15526518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0886260505285722     Document Type: Article

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