Locating the Offender

The Female Offender

The appearance of this series, of which this work is the pioneer, marks an epoch in the history of English penal administration. Signs are not wanting that the English public are beginning to become aware of the work done with regard to the criminal in France and Italy. The lately published report of the Special Committee on English prisons directs attention to this work. It shows that in Engla...

Understanding the female offender.

Although boys engage in more delinquent and criminal acts than do girls, female delinquency is on the rise. In 1980, boys were four times as likely as girls to be arrested; today they are only twice as likely to be arrested. In this article, Elizabeth Cauffman explores how the juvenile justice system is and should be responding to the adolescent female offender. Cauffman begins by reviewing his...

The Young Offender

Dr. West reviews the state of knowledge and the incidence of crime in young people, including its aetiology and treatment. He doubts whether there is any real increase of recidivism beyond that which is due to the increase of population. He believes that the majority of young offenders are not very different from groups of non-convicted, self-admitted delinquents. Much of it appears to be situa...

The Mentally Abnormal Offender

Rich Offender, Poor Offender: Why It (Sometimes) Matters in Sentencing