Neither angels nor demons: women, crime, and victimization

Introduction -- Blurred boundaries and the complexities of experience -- Irreconcilable differences : women's encounters with the criminal processing system -- Negotiating surreality -- The social reproduction of women's pain -- Demonic angels? : violence against abusers -- Angelic demons?...

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Main Author: Ferraro, Kathleen J. (Author)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
Published: Hanover [u.a.] Northeastern University Press 2006
In:Year: 2006
Availability in Tübingen:Present in Tübingen.
UB: KB 20 A 2336
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Keywords:
Female offenders
Women > Crimes against
Female offenders > Case studies > United States
Abused women > Case studies > United States
Sex discrimination in criminal justice administration > United States
Frau > Täterin > Verbrechensopfer > Psychisches Trauma
Frau > Strafjustiz > Diskriminierung
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Summary:Introduction -- Blurred boundaries and the complexities of experience -- Irreconcilable differences : women's encounters with the criminal processing system -- Negotiating surreality -- The social reproduction of women's pain -- Demonic angels? : violence against abusers -- Angelic demons? : crimes of complicity -- Epilogue
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
Physical Description:XI, 327 S.
ISBN:1-58465-663-8
1-55553-662-X
978-1-55553-662-6
978-1-55553-663-3