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Informationen zum Autor Stacy L. Mallicoat is a professor of criminal justice in the Division of Politics! Administration and Justice at California State University! Fullerton. She earned her BA in Legal Studies and Sociology! with a concentration in Crime and Deviance from Pacific Lutheran University (Tacoma! WA) in 1997 and received her PhD from the University of Colorado at Boulder in Sociology in 2003. Her primary research interests include feminist criminology and public opinion on the death penalty. She is the author of several books! including Women and Crime: The Essentials! Criminal Justice Policy! and California's Criminal Justice System. Her work also appears in a number of journals such as Feminist Criminology! Journal of Criminal Justice! Journal of Ethnicity and Criminal Justice! and Southwestern Journal of Criminal Justice! as well as a number of edited volumes. She is an active member of the American Society of Criminology! the ASC's Division on Women and Crime (where she currently serves as an Executive Counselor)! Western Society of Criminology! and the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences. Klappentext Zusammenfassung Combining contemporary readings (including some policy implications) with student-friendly authored material on a range of topics including female offending! international victimization issues and girls in the juvenile justice system! this volume provides students with context and a theoretical framework. SECTION I: Women and Crime: An Introduction The Influence of Feminism on Studies of Women and Crime Women and Crime Data Sources on Women as Victims and Offenders The Contributions of Feminist Methodology to Research on Women and Crime Reading: Patriarchy, Crime and Justice: Feminist Criminology in an Era of Backlash, by Meda Chesney-Lind Reading: Grounding the Analysis of Gender and Crime: Accomplishing and Interpreting Qualitative Interview Research, by Jody Miller SECTION II: Theoretical Foundations of Women and Victimization Victims and the Criminal Justice System Fear of Victimization Theories on Victimization Reading: How to Read a Research Article Reading: College Students' Crime-Related Fears on Campus: Are Fear-Provoking Cues Gendered? by Bonnie S. Fisher and David May Reading: Help-Seeking in a National Sample of Victimized Latino Women: The Influence of Victimization Types, by Chiara Sabina, Carlos Cuevas, and Jennifer Schally SECTION III: Rape and Sexual Assault Historical Perspectives on Rape and Sexual Assault Defining Sexual Victimization Prevalence of Rape and Sexual Assault Rape Myths Acquaintance versus Stranger Assault Drug Facilitated Sexual Assault Spousal Rape Spotlight on Statutory Rape Same Sex Sexual Violence Racial Differences in Sexual Assault The Role of Victims in Sexual Assault Cases Reading: Student Perceptions of Sexual Assault Resources and Prevalence of Rape Myth Attitudes, by Rebecca Hayes-Smith and Lora Levett Reading: Regretting it After? Focus Group Perspectives on Alcohol Consumption, Nonconsensual Sex and False Allegations of Rape, by Clare Gunby, Anna Carline and Caryl Beynon SECTION IV: Intimate Partner Violence and Stalking Historical Perspectives on Intimate Partner Abuse Defining and Identifying Intimate Partner Abuse The Cycle of Violence Victims of Intimate Partner Abuse Barriers to Leaving an Abusive Relationship Victim Experiences with Police and Courts Programming Concerns for Victims of Intimate Partner Abuse Stalking and Unwanted Pursuit Behaviors Victims and Offenders of Stalking Cyberstalking Laws on Stalking Reading: Interpersonal Violence Against Women: The Role of Men, by Martin D. Schwartz and Walter S. DeKeseredy Reading: Women's Disclosure of Dating Violence: A Mixed Methodological Study, by Katie M. Edwards, Christina M. Dardis and Christine A. Gidycz S...
