NCJ Number
104168
Journal
Criminal Justice and Behavior Volume: 13 Issue: 4 Dated: (December 1986) Pages: 393-418
Date Published
1986
Length
26 pages
Annotation
This article examines the subsequent lives of a sample of females who were committed to the California Youth Authority during the 1960s.
Abstract
The criminal careers of these women were analyzed in terms of the persistence and duration of offense behavior, crime specialization, and escalation of seriousness over sequential career periods (prior to youth authority commitment, the commitment period including time on parole, and post-release). In addition, the article focuses on the adult period in somewhat more detail to identify the nature and extent of offense patterns and the criminal justice system's response to these patterns. (Publisher abstract)