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Women & Criminal Justice Volume 13, 2002 - Issue 4
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Drugs and Criminality

Results from the Texas Women Inmates Study

Janet L. Mullings PhD Research for the National Institute for Victim Studies and Assistant Professor in the College of Criminal Justice at Sam Houston State University, USA
,
Joycelyn Pollock PhD, JD Criminal Justice at Southwest Texas State University, USA
&
Ben M. Crouch PhD Executive Associate Dean for the College of Liberal Arts at Texas A & M University, USA
Pages 69-96 | Published online: 13 Oct 2008
 
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Abstract

The imprisonment rate for women has been increasing for over fifteen years, exceeding that of men for this time period. Research indicates that women sentenced to prison are not significantly more violent or dangerous than in years past, and that a large portion of newly admitted prisoners are incarcerated for drug crimes. This is especially true for women compared to men. This study examines 1999 self-report data from 1,198 newly admitted female prisoners in Texas to assess relationships between childhood and adult characteristics and drug use, as well as the relationship between drug use and type of crime. Findings reveal that women prisoners with drug problems have extensive histories of

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