Female Victims Of Crime

Author : Venessa Garcia,Janice E. Clifford,Roslyn Muraskin
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 348 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Law
ISBN : UOM:39015080694139

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Female Victims of Crime by Venessa Garcia,Janice E. Clifford,Roslyn Muraskin Pdf

Taking a sociological approach, this reader addresses the diverse array of crimes against women and offers a compilation of research on this often minimized topic. Rich in conceptualization and theory, these readings tackle topics from the victimrsquo;s perspective and include media images, legal analysis, and official statistics. Material is presented within historical, legal, and social contexts so readers get a comprehensive understanding of female victimization. Throughout the collection, the causes of female victimization are examined, the responses from the criminal justice system are considered and the consequences for society are revealed.

Author : Nicole Hahn Rafter
Publisher : Greenwood
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2000-10-24
Category : Law
ISBN : UOM:39015053394816

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Encyclopedia of Women and Crime by Nicole Hahn Rafter Pdf

Covers women as offenders, victims, criminologists, criminal lawyers, reformers and workers in the criminal justice system.

Author : Caroline Wolf Harlow
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 15 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Criminal statistics
ISBN : PURD:32754061749374

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Female Victims of Violent Crime by Caroline Wolf Harlow Pdf

Author : National Research Council,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Panel on Research on Violence Against Women
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 237 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 1996-06-07
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780309175838

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Understanding Violence Against Women by National Research Council,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Panel on Research on Violence Against Women Pdf

Violence against women is one factor in the growing wave of alarm about violence in American society. High-profile cases such as the O.J. Simpson trial call attention to the thousands of lesser-known but no less tragic situations in which women's lives are shattered by beatings or sexual assault. The search for solutions has highlighted not only what we know about violence against women but also what we do not know. How can we achieve the best understanding of this problem and its complex ramifications? What research efforts will yield the greatest benefit? What are the questions that must be answered? Understanding Violence Against Women presents a comprehensive overview of current knowledge and identifies four areas with the greatest potential return from a research investment by increasing the understanding of and responding to domestic violence and rape: What interventions are designed to do, whom they are reaching, and how to reach the many victims who do not seek help. Factors that put people at risk of violence and that precipitate violence, including characteristics of offenders. The scope of domestic violence and sexual assault in America and its conequences to individuals, families, and society, including costs. How to structure the study of violence against women to yield more useful knowledge. Despite the news coverage and talk shows, the real fundamental nature of violence against women remains unexplored and often misunderstood. Understanding Violence Against Women provides direction for increasing knowledge that can help ameliorate this national problem.

Author : Lee H. Bowker
Publisher : MacMillan Publishing Company
Page : 448 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 1981
Category : Social Science
ISBN : UOM:39015050201725

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Women and Crime in America by Lee H. Bowker Pdf

Author : Ronet Bachman
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 24 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Abused women
ISBN : PURD:32754066145891

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Violence Against Women by Ronet Bachman Pdf

Author : Karen Kilgariff,Georgia Hardstark
Publisher : Forge Books
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2019-05-28
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781250178961

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Stay Sexy & Don't Get Murdered by Karen Kilgariff,Georgia Hardstark Pdf

The instant #1 New York Times and USA Today best seller by Karen Kilgariff and Georgia Hardstark, the voices behind the hit podcast My Favorite Murder! Sharing never-before-heard stories ranging from their struggles with depression, eating disorders, and addiction, Karen and Georgia irreverently recount their biggest mistakes and deepest fears, reflecting on the formative life events that shaped them into two of the most followed voices in the nation. In Stay Sexy & Don’t Get Murdered, Karen and Georgia focus on the importance of self-advocating and valuing personal safety over being ‘nice’ or ‘helpful.’ They delve into their own pasts, true crime stories, and beyond to discuss meaningful cultural and societal issues with fierce empathy and unapologetic frankness. “In many respects, Stay Sexy & Don’t Get Murdered distills the My Favorite Murder podcast into its most essential elements: Georgia and Karen. They lay themselves bare on the page, in all of their neuroses, triumphs, failures, and struggles. From eating disorders to substance abuse and kleptomania to the wonders of therapy, Kilgariff and Hardstark recount their lives with honesty, humor, and compassion, offering their best unqualified life-advice along the way.” —Entertainment Weekly “Like the podcast, the book offers funny, feminist advice for survival—both in the sense of not getting killed and just, like, getting a job and working through your personal shit so you can pay your bills and have friends.” —Rolling Stone At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Author : Lawrence A. Greenfeld,Tracy L. Snell
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 18 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Female offenders
ISBN : UOM:39015042645096

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Women Offenders by Lawrence A. Greenfeld,Tracy L. Snell Pdf

Author : Emma Milne,Karen Brennan,Nigel South,Jackie Turton
Publisher : Springer
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2018-05-04
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9783319767741

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Women and the Criminal Justice System by Emma Milne,Karen Brennan,Nigel South,Jackie Turton Pdf

Bringing together academics and professionals, this edited collection considers key issues in current criminal justice policy and practice related specifically to women to answer the important question: are women being failed by the criminal justice system? In a landscape where women’s involvement in the criminal justice system still tends to be ignored or lost in discussions about men, contributors place special emphasis on women as both victims and offenders. The chapters cover a wide range of topics relating to women and crime, including: violent and sexual victimisation, violent offending, sentencing and punishment, and rape myths. Since the peak of feminist criminal justice scholarship in the 1990s, the place of women in the criminal justice system has arguably slipped down the agenda and the authors of this collection draw on original research to make the compelling case for a swift remedy to this. Drawing on recent academic studies and professional experience to set an agenda for future research – as well as legal and policy reform – this book injects new life into the dialogue surrounding women and the criminal justice system. Innovative and timely, this collection of essays holds broad appeal to academics and practitioners, as well as students of criminology, criminal justice and law, and all those with an interest in feminism, justice, and inequality.

Author : Caroline Wolf Harlow
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 28 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Criminal statistics
ISBN : UCR:31210008423210

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Female Victims of Violent Crime by Caroline Wolf Harlow Pdf

Author : Victoria E. Collins
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 238 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2015-10-05
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781317690221

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State Crime, Women and Gender by Victoria E. Collins Pdf

The United Nations has called violence against women "the most pervasive, yet least recognized human rights abuse in the world" and there is a long-established history of the systematic victimization of women by the state during times of peace and conflict. This book contributes to the established literature on women, gender and crime and the growing research on state crime and extends the discussion of violence against women to include the role and extent of crime and violence perpetrated by the state. State Crime, Women and Gender examines state-perpetrated violence against women in all its various forms. Drawing on case studies from around the world, patterns of state-perpetrated violence are examined as it relates to women’s victimization, their role as perpetrators, resistors of state violence, as well as their engagement as professionals in the international criminal justice system. From the direct involvement of Condaleeza Rice in the United States-led war on terror, to the women of Egypt’s Arab Spring Uprising, to Afghani poetry as a means to resist state-sanctioned patriarchal control, case examples are used to highlight the pervasive and enduring problem of state-perpetrated violence against women. The exploration of topics that have not previously been addressed in the criminological literature, such as women as perpetrators of state violence and their role as willing consumers who reinforce and replicate the existing state-sanctioned patriarchal status quo, makes State Crime, Women and Gender a must-read for students and scholars engaged in the study of state crime, victimology and feminist criminology.

Author : Sylvia Walby,Jonathan Allen
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 156 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Criminal statistics
ISBN : IND:30000094807322

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Domestic Violence, Sexual Assault and Stalking by Sylvia Walby,Jonathan Allen Pdf

This report presents the findings of a computerised self-completion questionnaire included in the 2001 British Crime Survey to determine the nature and extent of inter-personal violence in England and Wales. The results of the survey show that inter-personal violence is widespread: approximately one third of the population has been affected by inter-personal violence at some time in their lives; one in twenty women have experienced serious sexual assault; and one in five women and one in ten men have been victims of domestic violence. The results also indicate that there are high levels of repeat victimisation, especially in cases of domestic violence.

Author : Susan Miller
Publisher : Rutgers University Press
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2005-09-22
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780813537764

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Victims as Offenders by Susan Miller Pdf

Arrests of women for assault increased more than 40 percent over the past decade, while male arrests for this offense have fallen by about one percent. Some studies report that for the first time ever the rate of reported intimate partner abuse among men and women is nearly equal. Susan L. Miller’s timely book explores the important questions raised by these startling statistics. Are women finally closing the gender gap on violence? Or does this phenomenon reflect a backlash shaped by men who batter? How do abusive men use the criminal justice system to increase control over their wives? Do police, courts, and treatment providers support aggressive arrest policies for women? Are these women “victims” or “offenders”? In answering these questions, Miller draws on extensive data from a study of police behavior in the field, interviews with criminal justice professionals and social service providers, and participant observation of female offender programs. She offers a critical analysis of the theoretical assumptions framing the study of violence and provides insight into the often contradictory implications of the mandatory and pro-arrest policies enacted in the 1980s and 1990s. Miller argues that these enforcement strategies, designed to protect women, have often victimized women in different ways. Without sensationalizing, Miller unveils a reality that looks very different from what current statistics on domestic violence imply.

Author : John C. Appleby
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Page : 282 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : History
ISBN : 9781783270187

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Women and English Piracy, 1540-1720: Partners and Victims of Crime by John C. Appleby Pdf

Drawing on a wide body of evidence, the book argues that the support of women was vital to the persistence of piracy around the British Isles at least until the early seventeenth century. The emergence of long-distance and globalized predation had far reaching consequences for female agency.

Author : S. K. Mukherjee,Jocelynne A. Scutt
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 221 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2015-12-22
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781317287025

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Women and Crime by S. K. Mukherjee,Jocelynne A. Scutt Pdf

First published in 1981. In the last few decades, interest in the study of crimes by women has increased. This interest has coincided with the accelerated momentum of the feminist movement and has led to claims that a rising female crime rate is somehow linked with the changing status of women. But are women committing more crimes? And if so, can this be attributed to the impact of the women’s movement? In this book, nine essays survey aspects of the relationship between women and the criminal justice system. The contributors include historians, criminologists, lawyers, ex-prisoners and political scientists. Women and Crime will be of interest to students of criminology.