Gender and crime : patterns of victimization and offending /

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Other Authors: Heimer, Karen, Kruttschnitt, Candace
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : New York University, c2006
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : New insights into the gendered nature of crime and victimization / Karen Heimer and Candace Kruttschnitt
  • In and out of crime : a life course perspective on girls' delinquency / Peggy C. Giordano, Jill A. Deines, and Stephen A. Cernkovich
  • Stuck up, telling lies, and talking too much : the gendered context of young women's violence / Jody Miller and Christopher W. Mullins
  • No place for girls to go : how juvenile court officials respond to substance abuse among girls and boys / Hilary Smith, Nancy Rodriguez, and Marjorie S. Zatz
  • Killing one's children : maternal infanticide and the dark figure of homicide / Rosemary Gartner and Bill McCarthy
  • The crimes of poverty : economic marginalization and the gender gap in crime / Karen Heimer, Stacy Wittrock, and Halime Ünal
  • The violent victimization of women : a life course perspective / Candace Kruttschnitt and Ross Macmillan
  • Predictors of violent victimization : national crime victimization survey women and jailed women / Laura Dugan and Jennifer L. Castro
  • Female and male homicide victimization trends : a cross-national context / Gary LaFree and Gwen Hunnicutt
  • Restorative justice for victims of sexual assault / Kathleen Daly and Sarah Curtis-Fawley
  • Making sense of intersections / Sally S. Simpson and Carole Gibbs
  • The role of race and ethnicity in violence against women / Janet L. Lauritsen and Callie Marie Rennison