Female victims of crime reality reconsidered

Female victims of crime reality reconsidered - New Jersey Prentice Hall 2010 - xxvi,317p. ill. 24 cm. - Prentice Hall's women in criminal justice series .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Doing gender: the gendered nature of victimization -- Cultural images--media images: "doing culture" and victim blaming of female crime victims / Venessa Garcia, Erica J. Schweikert -- Becoming victims, becoming citizens: a brief history of gender-motivated violence in U.S. law / Melissa S. Fry -- Women and victimization: constructing outcomes / Dennis R. Brewster, Philip D. Holley -- The measurement, definition, and reporting of female victimization / Janice E. Clifford, John P. Jarvis -- Gendered crimes: the context of female victimization -- Leading lethal lives? Variations in the structure, context, and criminal justice response of female homicide victimization / Wendy C. Regoeczi, Terance D. Meithe -- The impact of gender, race, and class discrimination on femicide rates / Jo-Ann Della Giustina -- Rape myths: impacts on victims of rape / Heather Melton -- Domestic violence: overview of theoretical etiology, psychological impact, and interventions / Sharon Boyd-Jackson -- Workplace violence: identifying gender differences and similarities / Shannon Santana, Bonnie Fisher -- Cyberbullying and online harassment: reconceptualizing the victimization of adolescent girls / Amanda Burgess-Proctor, Justin Patchin, Sameer Hinduja -- Societal and criminal justice response to female victimization -- A sheltered life: observations on a domestic violence shelter / Angela Moe -- In their own words: shelter residents' experiences with police / Gina Robertiello -- "I don't think a cop has ever asked me if I was OK": battered women's experiences with police intervention / Hillary Potter -- The gendered paradox of victimization and agency in protection order filings / Alesha Durfee -- Misdemeanor domestic violence cases in the courts: a detailed description of the cases / Joanne Belknap, Jennifer L. Hartman, Victoria L. Lippen -- The victimization histories of women prisoners in Oklahoma / Susan F. Sharp -- The criminalization of victimization of female offenders and emerging correctional responses / Patrick McManimon.

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Sex discrimination in criminal justice administration--United States.
Women--Crimes against--United States.
Victims of crimes--United States.

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