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Koss, Mary P., Christine A. Gidycz, and Nadine Wisniewski. 1987. The scope of rape: Incidence and prevalence of sexual ... Note: Trapped in domestic violence: The impact of United States immigration laws on battered immigrant women.
This text provides a much-needed, comprehensive critical introduction to debates about the relationship between gender and crime.
This work provides a review of gender and crime. Written by professional criminologists, it should be of interest not only to academics but to those concerned with gender questions. Topics...
34 Patricia J. Williams, The Alchemy of Race and Rights (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1991), 186–87, as cited in Dorothy E. Roberts, “Racism and Patriarchy in the Meaning of Motherhood,” Faculty Scholarship at Penn Law 595 ...
Gender and Crime: Patterns in Victimization and Offending
In this book Kathleen Daly explores whether men and women who are convicted of similar crimes are punished differently.
This book examines the relationship between gender and crime and explores both the gendered nature of crime alongside the gendered nature of criminal victimisation.
The book is also a valuable asset for gender courses in sociology and for women's studies programs.
A key feature of the book is its use of films, television series and documentaries to illustrate the concepts and findings from criminological research on gender, crime and justice.
Een aantal artikelen, die reeds eerder verschenen zijn in verschillende tijdschriften en andere publikaties, over vrouwen, misdaad en feminisme. 1. Meda Chesney-Lind, 'Women and Crime: The Female Offender'. 2. Loraine...