Gender and crime : patterns of victimization and offending / edited by Karen Heimer and Candace Kruttschnitt.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Heimer, Karen.

Kruttschnitt, Candace.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Crime--Sex differences.

Crime.

Female offenders.

Women--Crimes against.

Women.

Physical Description:

vi, 336 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : New York University, [2005]

Summary:

There are now more women committing crimes and serving sentences in prison than ever before. At the same time, women are often the victims of abuse, violence, and murder, yet criminologists are still struggling to understand why these types of crimes happen and what can be done to prevent them. Composed of original contributions by many of the top scholars in criminology, these essays will help to transform our understanding of women's relation to crime. Contributors include: Jennifer L. Castro, Sarah Curtis-Fawley, Laura Dugan, Kathleen Daly, Rosemary Gartner, Carole Gibbs, Gwen Hunnicutt, Gary LaFree, Janet L. Lauritsen, Ross Macmillan, Bill McCarthy, Jody Miller, Christopher W. Mullins, Sally S. Simpson, Stacy Wittrock, and Halime Unal.

Contents:

Introduction: New Insights into the Gendered Nature of Crime and Victimization / Karen Heimer, Candace Kruttschnitt 1

Part I Gendered Offending: Pathways, Situations, and Social Contexts

1 In and Out of Crime: A Life Course Perspective on Girls' Delinquency / Peggy C. Giordano, Jill A. Deines, Stephen A. Cernkovich 17

2 Stuck Up, Telling Lies, and Talking Too Much: The Gendered Context of Young Women's Violence / Jody Miller, Christopher W. Mullins 41

3 No Place for Girls to Go: How Juvenile Court Officials Respond to Substance Abuse among Girls and Boys / Hilary Smith, Nancy Rodriguez, Marjorie S. Zatz 67

4 Killing One's Children: Maternal Infanticide and the Dark Figure of Homicide / Rosemary Gartner, Bill McCarthy 91

5 The Crimes of Poverty: Economic Marginalization and the Gender Gap in Crime / Karen Heimer, Stacy Wittrock, Halime Unal 115

Part II Gendered Victimization: Trajectories, Social Contexts, and Justice

6 The Violent Victimization of Women: A Life Course Perspective / Candace Kruttschnitt, Ross Macmillan 139

7 Predictors of Violent Victimization: National Crime Victimization Survey Women and Jailed Women / Laura Dugan, Jennifer L. Castro 171

8 Female and Male Homicide Victimization Trends: A Cross-National Context / Gary LaFree, Gwen Hunnicutt 195

9 Restorative Justice for Victims of Sexual Assault / Kathleen Daly, Sarah Curtis-Fawley 230

Part III Intersectionalities: Gender, Race, Poverty, and Crime

10 Making Sense of Intersections / Sally S. Simpson, Carole Gibbs 269

11 The Role of Race and Ethnicity in Violence against Women / Janet L. Lauritsen, Callie Marie Rennison 303.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0814736742

0814736750

OCLC:

60705617

Publisher Number:

9780814736746

9780814736753