What legal and extralegal factors appear to have an impact on the processing of female offenders?  Which factors do you think are fair to be considered and which do you think are more problematic?  Why?  Please go into as much specific detail as possible.

Remember that your post must be at least 300 words and you are required to respond to a classmate with at least a 150 word response. You must put your word count BOTH at the end of your discussion and at the end of your reply.

You need to use one additional outside source besides your textbook to discuss the question. The source must be cited APA style at the end of the discussion. The outside source cannot be a dictionary like source (ie wikipedia, etc.). Here is a link for APA style to assist making your references correct.  Your source needs to be included at the end of your original discussion.  It will not count if it is posted in a separate posting after your discussion.