Gender and Crime: Patterns in Victimization and Offending

Heimer

ISBN 10: 0814736750 / ISBN 13: 9780814736753

Published by New York University Press, 2005

About this Item

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. Composed of contributions by many of the top scholars in criminology, these essays will help to transform our understanding of women's relation to crime. Editor(s): Heimer, Karen; Kruttschnitt, Candace. Series: New Perspectives in Crime, Deviance, and Law. Num Pages: 352 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSJ1; JKVQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 460. . 2005. Paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Gender and Crime: Patterns in Victimization and Offending
• Publisher: New York University Press
• Publication Date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0814736750
• ISBN 13: 9780814736753
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

While rates of violent victimization have declined, women are still much more likely than men to be attacked by an intimate partner. Simultaneously, women’s involvement in the criminal justice system, as arrestees and sentenced offenders, is increasing. Criminologists are struggling to understand these patterns of offending and victimization and how they can be prevented. 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.
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: Jennifer L. Castro, Stephen A. Cernkovich, Sarah Curtis-Fawley, Kathleen Daly, Laura Dugan, Jill A. Dienes, Rosemary Gartner, Carole Gibbs, Peggy C. Giordano, Karen Heimer, Gwen Hunnicutt, Candace Kruttschnitt, Gary LaFree, Janet L. Lauritsen, Ross Macmillan, Bill McCarthy, Jody Miller, Christopher W. Mullins, Callie Marie Rennison, Nancy Rodriguez, Sally S. Simpson, Hilary Smith, Stacy Wittrock, Halime Ünal, and Marjorie S. Zatz.

About the Authors

Karen Heimer is Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Iowa.

Karen Heimer is Professor of Sociology and Criminology, Collegiate Fellow in the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences, and Distinguished Research Fellow of the Public Policy Center at the University of Iowa. She is the co-editor of Gender and Crime: Patterns in Victimization and Offending (NYUP 2005).

Candace Kruttschnitt is in the Department of Sociology at the University of Toronto and is the co-author of Marking Time in the Golden State: Women's Imprisonment in California.