| Description |
1 online resource (207 pages) |
| Series |
Crime and Society |
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Crime and society.
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| Contents |
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; List of Tables and Figures; Acknowledgments; 1 Introduction: Our Journey into the World of Women and Violent Crime; Earlier Conceptualizations; Overview of the Book; 2 Crime and Urban Distress: Patterns of Violent Offending; Sex, Race, Age, and Violent Offending; Making Sense of Race and Violent Street Crime; Understanding Women's Participation in Violent Street Crime; Notes; 3 Getting into Crime and Violence; The Distressed Community; Social Disorder; The Distressed Family; Life in School; Distress During Adolescence; Notes |
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4 Work and Crime and Crime as WorkThe Secondary Nature of Secondary Labor Market Participation; The Initial Work Experience; The Intermingling of Licit and Illicit Work; Crime on the Side; Commitment to the Illegal Economy; Notes; 5 The What, Where, When, Why, and Who of Violent Events; Robbery; Assault; The Context of Violence; Notes; 6 Getting Out of Crime and Violence; Resolving to Stop; Breaking Away from the Life; Maintaining a Conventional Life; The Desistance Process; Notes; 7 Breaking with the Past: Challenging Assumptions About Women and Violent Crime |
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Gender, Crime, and Neighborhood DeclineA Rational Policy; Notes; Appendix: Research Methods and Sample Description; References; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Violent crimes -- United States
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Female offenders -- United States
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Women -- United States -- Social conditions
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Women -- Drug use -- United States
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Female offenders
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Violent crimes
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Women -- Drug use
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Women -- Social conditions
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United States
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Sommers, Ira B
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| ISBN |
9780429970368 |
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0429970366 |
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9780429981449 |
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0429981449 |
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