RT Article
T1 Contributions of quantitative methods to the study of gender and crime, or bootstrapping our way into the theoretical thicket
JF Journal of quantitative criminology
VO 12
IS 2
SP 135
OP 161
A1 Kruttschnitt, Candace
LA English
YR 1996
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1764275381
AB Researchers concur on the importance of gender to the study of crime but not on the particular methodological strategy that should be used when studying the gender-crime relationship. This paper examines the actual and potential contributions of quantitative methods for unpacking the gender-crime relationship. Three bodies of literature pertaining to the gender-crime relationship are examined: (i) offending, (ii) victimization, and (iii) criminal justice processing. The findings from this review indicate that while much knowledge about the gender-crime relationship has been uncovered with quantitative data, a commensurate amount of theoretical knowledge does not exist. The author concludes with substantive and methodological suggestions for furthering our understanding of the gendercrime relationship.
K1 criminal justice processing
K1 Victimization
K1 Offending
K1 Quantitative methods
K1 Gender
DO 10.1007/BF02354413