Sisters in crime revisited : bringing gender into criminology : in hornor of Freda Adler / Francis T. Cullen, University of Cincinnati, Pamela Wilcox, University of Cincinnati, Jennifer L. Lux, University of Cincinnati, Cheryl Lero Jonson, Xavier University

Author:: Cullen, Francis T.
Published:: New York : Oxford University Press, [2015]
Edition:: First Edition.
Physical Description:: xii, 417 pages ; 24 cm

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Contributors -- Acknowledgments -- Celebrating freda adler -- Sisters in crime: a criminological classic / Francis T. Cullen and Pamela Wilcox -- Sisters in criminology : the origins of feminist criminology / Alida V. Merlo and Joycelyn M. Pollock -- The development of offending -- A biosocial theory of female offending / Jamie Vaske, Danielle Boisvert, and John Paul Wright -- Life-course-persistent female offending / Nicole Leeper Piquero and Alex Piquero -- Gendered pathways into delinquency / Meda Chesney-Lind -- Becoming a female felony offender / Leanne Fiftal Alarid and Emily M. Wright -- Social context of female crime -- The social worlds of girls in gangs / Madeleine Novich and Jody Miller -- A social network perspective of gender and crime / Dana L. Haynie and Brian Soller -- Women, work, and white-collar crime / Mary Dodge -- Social context of female victimization -- Gendered opportunity and victimization / Pamela Wilcox, Bonnie S. Fisher, and Nicole V. Lasky -- The neighborhood context of women's experiences with violent crime / Sally S. Simpson and Candace Kruttschnitt -- Key theoretical issues -- Can the gender gap in offending be explained? / Jennifer Schwartz and Darrell J. Steffensmeier -- Does feminist theory matter? / Amanda M. Petersen, Emily J. Salisbury, and Jody L. Sundt -- Patriarchy, masculinity, and crime -- Masculinities and crime / James W. Messerschmidt and Stephen Tomsen -- Male peer support theory / Walter S. DeKeseredy and Martin D. Schwartz -- Women, justice, and corrections -- Gender and criminal justice processing / Nicholas Corsaro, Jesenia M. Pizarro, and Sandra Lee Browning -- Understanding the female prison experience / Mary K. Stohr, Cheryl Lero Jonson, and Jennifer L. Lux -- A gendered theory of offender rehabilitation / Paula Smith and Sarah M. Manchak -- Index.

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9780199311187
0199311188

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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