When women kill

Mann, Coramae Richey 1931- (Author).

Summary: "This exploratory, descriptive study compares 296 females arrested for homicide in six urban areas--Atlanta, Baltimore, Chicago, Houston, Los Angeles and New York city in 1979 and 1983." --back cover.

Record details

ISBN: 0791428117 (hc)
ISBN: 0791428125
Physical Description: print
xiii, 215 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Publisher: Albany : State University of New York Press, c1996.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 193-205) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Ch. 2. The Research Design -- Ch. 3. Ecological and Other Circumstances of the Homicide -- Ch. 4. The Murder of Intimates -- Ch. 5. Other Murder Victims -- Ch. 6. Are Women Getting Away With Murder? -- Ch. 7. A Profile of Today's Female Killer -- Appendix A. The Research Protocol -- Appendix B. Codebook -- Appendix C. Offenders' Prior Misdemeanor and Felony Arrests and Convictions -- Appendix D. Variables in the Regression Analysis of Prison Time.