| Description |
viii, 259 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm |
| Contents |
Gender and criminological theorizing -- Introduction: Gender and criminological theorizing: gender in the forefront -- Gender and crime: a general strain theory perspective / Broidy L. and Agnew, R. -- Explaining girls' and women's crime and desistance in the context of their victimization experiences / Katz, R.S. -- Different ways of conceptualizing sex/gender in feminist theory and their implications for criminology / Daly, K. -- Feminism and criminology: engendering the outlaw / Britton, D.M. -- Female juvenile delinquents -- Introduction: female juvenile delinquents: experiences with victimization, gang involvement, and the justice system -- Outside/inside: the violation of girls at home, on the streets, and in the juvenile justice system / Acoca, L. -- The girls in the gang: what we have learned from two decades of research / Miller, J |
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Federal juvenile justice policy and the incarceration of girls / Schwartzstein, R.M. and M. Steketee -- Gender bias and juvenile justice revisited: a multiyear analysis / Macdonald, J.M. and M. Chesney-Lind -- The woman offender -- Introduction: the woman offender: crime and punishment -- Murder as self-help: women and intimate partner homicide / Peterson, E. -- Women at risk in sex work: strategies for survival / Pyett, P. and D. Warr -- Gender, power, and alternative living arrangements in inner-city crack culture / Maher, L., Dunlap, E., Johnson, B., and A. Hamid -- War on drugs as a war against black women / Bush-Baskette, S. -- Women and prison -- Introduction: women and prison: before, during, and after incarceration |
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Women under lock and key / Chesney-Lind, M. and N. Rodriguez -- Reflections on women's crime and mothers in prison: a peacemaking approach / Radosh, P.F. -- Living on the outside: African-American women before, during, and after imprisonment / Weston-Henriques, Z. and N. Manatu-Rupert -- Challenges incarcerated women face as they return to their communities: findings from life history interviews / Richie, B |
| Notes |
Formerly CIP. Uk |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Female juvenile delinquents.
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Feminist criminology.
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Feminism.
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Female offenders.
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Women prisoners.
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Criminology.
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| Author |
Chesney-Lind, Meda.
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Pasko, Lisa.
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| LC no. |
2003006151 |
| ISBN |
0761928286 Paper |
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