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Gender and Crime: Patterns in Victimization and Offending
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Paperback. 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. Editor(s): Heimer, Karen; Kruttschnitt, Candace. Series: New Perspectives in Crime, Deviance, and Law. Num Pages: 352 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSJ1; JKVQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 460.
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
Series
New Perspectives in Crime, Deviance, and Law
Number of Pages
352
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780814736753
SKU
V9780814736753
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99-50
About Heimer
Karen Heimer is Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Iowa. Karen Heimer is Professor of Sociology and Criminology, Collegiate Fellow in the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences, and Distinguished Research Fellow of the Public Policy Center at the University of Iowa. She is the co-editor of Gender and Crime: Patterns in Victimization and Offending (NYUP 2005). ... Read more
Reviews for Gender and Crime: Patterns in Victimization and Offending
"The overall quality of this collection is excellent."
Criminal Justice Review
"Relying on recent work by a virtual who's who in the study of gender and crime, this book does exactly what is needed to significantly advance our thinking about the structure of the gender-crime nexus."
Valerie Jenness,co-author of Making Hate a Crime: From Social Movement to ... Read more
Criminal Justice Review
"Relying on recent work by a virtual who's who in the study of gender and crime, this book does exactly what is needed to significantly advance our thinking about the structure of the gender-crime nexus."
Valerie Jenness,co-author of Making Hate a Crime: From Social Movement to ... Read more