Gender And Crime - Patterns in Victimization And Offending

Klappentext While rates of violent victimization have declined, women are still much more likely than men to be attacked by an intimate partner. Simultaneously, women's involvement in the criminal justice system, as arrestees and sentenced offenders, is increasing. Criminologists are struggling to understand these patterns of offending and victimization and how they can be prevented. Composed of original contributions by many of the top scholars in criminology, these essays will help to transform our understanding of women's relation to crime. Composed of original contributions by many of the top scholars in criminology, these essays will help to transform our understanding of women's relation to crime. Contributors: Jennifer L. Castro, Stephen A. Cernkovich, Sarah Curtis-Fawley, Kathleen Daly, Laura Dugan, Jill A. Dienes, Rosemary Gartner, Carole Gibbs, Peggy C. Giordano, Karen Heimer, Gwen Hunnicutt, Candace Kruttschnitt, Gary LaFree, Janet L. Lauritsen, Ross Macmillan, Bill McCarthy, Jody Miller, Christopher W. Mullins, Callie Marie Rennison, Nancy Rodriguez, Sally S. Simpson, Hilary Smith, Stacy Wittrock, Halime Ünal, and Marjorie S. Zatz. Zusammenfassung There are now more women committing crimes and serving sentences in prison than ever before. At the same time! women are often the victims of abuse! violence! and murder. Composed of contributions by many of the top scholars in criminology! these essays will help to transform our understanding of women's relation to crime.

Product details

• Authors: Karen (EDT)/ Kruttschnitt Heimer, Candace Kruttschnitt
• Assisted by: Karen Heimer (Editor), Candace Kruttschnitt (Editor)
• Publisher: New York University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.12.2005
• EAN: 9780814736753
• ISBN: 978-0-8147-3675-3
• No. of pages: 336
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 235 mm x 25 mm
• Series: New Perspectives in Crime, Dev; New Perspectives in Crime, Deviance, and Law; New Perspectives in Crime, Dev
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories