Across the spectrum of women and crime: theories, offending, and the criminal justice system

Introduction / Susan F. Sharp -- Theorizing about crime and women -- Exploring the relationship between gender and strain : two case studies / Alana Van Gundy-Yoder -- Female offenders as victims of IPV : exploring Maslovian cracks in the system / Alisa Smith and G. Jeffrey Klepfer -- Wanda Jean All...

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Contributors: Sharp, Susan F. (Editor)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
Published: Durham, North Carolina Carolina Academic Press 2016
In:Year: 2016
Online Access: Inhaltsverzeichnis (Verlag)
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Availability in Tübingen:Present in Tübingen.
UB: KB 20 A 7986
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Keywords:
Aufsatzsammlung
Female offenders
Frauenkriminalität > Frauenstrafvollzug > Feminismus
Prostitution
Weibliche Kriminelle > Häusliche Gewalt > Drogenhandel > Prostitution > Randgruppe > Frauenstrafvollzug > Resozialisierung > Feminismus
Women > Crimes against
Women > Drug use
Women criminal justice personnel
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Summary:Introduction / Susan F. Sharp -- Theorizing about crime and women -- Exploring the relationship between gender and strain : two case studies / Alana Van Gundy-Yoder -- Female offenders as victims of IPV : exploring Maslovian cracks in the system / Alisa Smith and G. Jeffrey Klepfer -- Wanda Jean Allen : a case of multiple marginality / Susan F. Sharp -- Arresting girls for dating violence : the importance of considering intersectionality / Alesha Durfee -- Varieties of female offenses -- Gender, romance and filicide / Wendy R. Dragon, Michelle Oberman & Cheryl L. Meyer -- Dancing, stripping, and escorting : women's experiences of money, drugs, and prostitution in the legal sex work industry / Gail A. Caputo -- "I'll hook you up" : women's experiences selling & trading methamphetamine / Robert Jenkot -- Terrorism and the female suicide bomber / Vesna Markovic -- The system responds -- Women and wrongful conviction : how? whom? why? / Michael H. Fox -- Women's experiences with imprisonment : from silence to resistance / Jodie Lawston -- Inequality among female offenders : racial disparities in substance abuse and medical treatment among mothers in prison / Zina T. McGee, Kaneesha Williams, Nicollette Strickland, Tamara Dobson-Brown, Mykeya Foreman -- Second-chance grandparenting : how a new and renewed identity impacts the desistance process / Erin M. Kerrison and Ronet Bachman -- Staying out or going back? : a qualitative study of women prisoners, recidivism and reintegration / Susan F. Sharp and Juanita Ortiz -- Conclusions: so, what does it all mean? / Susan Marcus-Mendoza and Susan F. Sharp
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
Physical Description:xiv, 297 Seiten
ISBN:9781594600319