The latter would help her to better understand the female offenders, to whom she had committed her assistance.

The vast majority of female offenders target a husband or other family member.

"Women and Crime: A review of the recent literature on the female offender".

Now the criminal justice system is dealing more strictly with female offenders.

In 1989, the rate for female first offenders given probation plummeted, to 9 percent.

Upon her arrival, the population of female offenders had dropped to around 88, and there were no treatment programs available to the women.

Prior to the act, female juvenile offenders were taken care of by their county jails.

It is designed specifically to house all custody levels of female offenders.

The facility has an operating capacity of 289 female offenders and houses all custody levels.

The female offender is characteristically older than her male counterpart.