Understanding women's pathways to jail: analysing the lives of incarcerated women. From: Australian and New Zealand Journal of Criminology | Date: April 1, 2008| Author: Simpson, Sally S.; Yahner, Jennifer L.; Dugan, Laura | COPYRIGHT 2008 Australian Academic Press Pty. Ltd. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Some researchers suggest that crime pathways are gendered and that different paths may be revealed depending on the point of contact with the criminal justice system. Drawing from the feminist and age-of-onset literatures, we examine the life experiences of a sample of 'high-risk' women to assess whether their offending pathways into jail are consistent with those predicted by earlier research. We find substantial overlaps with feminist pathways, but notable differences as well--di...