£69.00
Publication Date:
24 Jan 2012
Edition:
2nd Revised edition
Publisher:
Sage Publications US
Imprint:
SAGE Publications, Inc
For delivery:
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Description
What characterizes womens and girls pathways to crime?Girls, Women, and Crime: Selected Readings, Second Edition is a compilation of journal articles on the female offender written by leading researchers in the fields of criminology and womens studies. The contributors reveal the complex worlds females in the criminal justice system must often negotiateworlds that are frequently riddled with violence, victimization, discrimination, and economic marginalization. This in-depth collection leaves readers with a greater understanding of the complexities and nuances of the realtionship between girls and women and crime.
Contents
Introduction PART I. GENDER AND CRIMINOLOGICAL THEORIZING: GENDER AT THE FOREFRONT Chapter 1. Different Ways of Conceptualizing Sex/Gender in Feminist Theory and Their Implications for Criminology - Kathleen Daly Chapter 2. Patriarchy Matters: Toward a Gendered Theory of Teen Violence and Victimization - Lyn Mikel Brown, Meda Chesney-Lind, and Nan Stein Chapter 3. Feminism in Criminology: Engendering the Outlaw - Dana M. Britton Chapter 4. An Argument for Black Feminist Criminology: Understanding African American Women's Experiences With Intimate Partner Abuse Using an Integrated Approach - Hillary Potter PART II. FEMALE JUVENILE DELINQUENTS: VICTIMIZATION, DELINQUENCY, AND THE JUVENILE JUSTICE SYSTEM Chapter 5. At-Risk Girls and Delinquency: Career Pathways - Carla P. Davis Chapter 6. Violence Against Girls Provokes Girls' Violence: From Private Injury to Public Harm - Laurie Schaffner Chapter 7. The Gendered Nature of Risk Factors for Delinquency - Joanne Belknap and Kristi Holsinger Chapter 8. Moving Toward Justice for Female Juvenile Offenders in the New Millennium: Modeling Gender-Specific Policies and Programs - Barbara Bloom, Barbara Owen, Elizabeth Piper Deschenes, and Jill Rosenbaum PART III. THE WOMAN OFFENDER: WOMEN'S EXPERIENCES WITH DRUGS, CRIME, AND VIOLENCE Chapter 9. Murder as Self-Help: Women and Intimate Partner Homicide - Elicka S. L. Peterson Chapter 10. Women at Risk in Sex Work: Strategies for Survival - Priscilla Pyett and Deborah Warr Chapter 11. Dimensions of Women's Power in the Illicit Drug Economy - Tammy L. Anderson Chapter 12. The War on Drugs as a War Against Black Women - Stephanie R. Bush-Baskette PART IV. THE FEMALE OFFENDER AND INCARCERATION: BEFORE, DURING, AND AFTER INCARCERATION Chapter 13. Women Under Lock and Key: A View From the Inside - Meda Chesney-Lind and Noelie Rodriguez Chapter 14. The Changing Nature of Interpersonal Relationships in a Women's Prison - Kimberly R. Greer Chapter 15. Setting the Record Straight : Girls, Sexuality, and the Juvenile Correctional System - Lisa Pasko Chapter 16. People, Places, and Things: How Female Ex-Prisoners Negotiate Their Neighborhood Context - Andrea Leverentz Index About the Editors
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