Search results for: Janina Błachut
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Archiwum Kryminologii > 2000 > XXV > 123-140
Crime, like any other social phenomenon, requires a statistical description. That description has been changing together with changes of the criminological paradigms. Today, data from three different sources are use to measure crime: official statistics, self-report surveys, and victimization surveys. The data are difficult to compare (in respect of their type, extent, and manner in which they are...
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Archiwum Kryminologii > 1989 > XVI > 211-244
In 1975, two books dealing with female crime appeared. They aroused many controversies and polemics and inspired many empirical studies. They were Freda Adler's Sisters in Crime and Rita James Simon's Women and Crime. Both works attempted to explain the changes their authoresses believed were taking place in female crime with the influence of the women's lib movements. The two approaches,...
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Archiwum Kryminologii > 1983 > X > 87-102
The general picture of sentences pronounced by the courts is affected by the visible differences in the structure of offences comitted by men and women. Prison sentences (the decisive factor in severity of sentence) are less frequently imposed on women. This is not the case, however, with regard to all offences. There are also situations where prison sentences are imposed more...
