| Description |
1 online resource (x, 196 pages) |
| Contents |
Perceptions of Female Offenders: How Stereotypes and Social Norms Affect Criminal Justice Response / Brenda L. Russell -- Gender Matters: Using an Ecological Lens to Understand Female Crime and Disruptive Behavior / Shabnam Javdani -- Examining Predictors of Bullying and Sexual Violence Perpetration Among Middle School Female Students / Dorothy L. Espelage, Lisa De La Rue -- What's the Story? The Impact of Race/Ethnicity on Crime Story Tone for Female Offenders / Abby L. Vandenberg, Pauline K. Brennan -- Female Sexual Aggression on College Campuses: Prevalence, Correlates, and Perceptions / Debra L. Oswald, Lucie Holmgreen -- Effects of Victim Gender, Age, and Sexuality on Perceptions of Sexual Assaults Committed by Women / Michelle Davies -- Perceptions of Female Perpetrators / Katherine R. White, Donald G. Dutton -- Lifting the Veil: Foundations for a Gender-Inclusive Paradigm of Intimate Partner Violence / Fred Buttell, Emily Starr -- Gender Matters in Intimate Partner Violence / Kathleen J. Ferraro -- The Partner Abuse State of Knowledge Project: Implications for Law Enforcement Responses to Domestic Violence / John Hamel, Brenda L. Russell -- Examining the Impact of Familial Paternalism on the Sentencing Decision: Gender Leniency or Legitimate Judicial Consideration? / Mari B. Pierce |
| Summary |
Female offenders are often perceived as victims who commit crimes as a self-defense mechanism or as criminal deviants whose actions strayed from typical 'womanly' behavior. Such cultural norms for violence exist in our gendered society and there has been scholarly debate about how male and female offenders are perceived and how this perception leads to differential treatment in the criminal justice system. This debate is primarily based upon theories associated with stereotypes and social norms and how these prescriptive norms can influence both public and criminal justice response. Scholars in psychology, sociology, and criminology have found that female offenders are perceived differently than male offenders and this ultimately leads to differential treatment in the criminal justice system. This interdisciplinary book provides an evidence based approach of how female offenders are perceived in society and how this translates to differential treatment within the criminal justice system and explores the ramifications of such differences. Quite often perceptions of female offenders are at odds with research findings. This book will provide a comprehensive evidence-based review of the research that is valuable to laypersons, researchers, practitioners, advocates, treatment providers, lawyers, judges, and anyone interested in equality in the criminal justice system |
| Analysis |
Social sciences |
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Criminology |
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Applied psychology |
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Developmental psychology |
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Criminology & Criminal Justice |
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Gender Studies |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Female offenders.
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Female offenders -- Social conditions
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TRUE CRIME -- General.
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Droit.
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Sciences sociales.
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Sciences humaines.
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Female offenders
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Russell, Brenda L.
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| ISBN |
9781461458715 |
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1461458714 |
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1461458706 |
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9781461458708 |
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