Girls, women, and crime : selected readings / editors, Meda Chesney-Lind, Lisa Pasko
- Published
- Los Angeles : SAGE, [2013]
- Copyright Date
- ©2013
- Edition
- 2nd ed.
- Physical Description
- xiv, 265 pages ; 26 cm
- Additional Creators
- Chesney-Lind, Meda and Pasko, Lisa
- Contents
- Machine generated contents note: pt. I GENDER AND CRIMINOLOGICAL THEORIZING: GENDER AT THE FOREFRONT -- ch. 1 Different Ways of Conceptualizing Sex/Gender in Feminist Theory and Their Implications for Criminology / Kathleen Daly -- Challenges to Feminist Theory -- Shifting Ground in the 1980s -- Empiricist-Standpoint-Postmodern Feminisms -- Discourse and `A Real World Out There' -- Three Modes of Feminist Enquiry -- Class-Race-Gender -- Doing Gender -- Sexed Bodies -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- ch. 2 Patriarchy Matters: Toward a Gendered Theory of Teen Violence and Victimization / Nan Stein -- Thinking Critically About Girls' Arrest Trends -- Are Girls Really Getting More Violent? -- Shifting Enforcement Practices -- From the Criminal Justice System to the Public School System -- The Research Arena: Harassment or Bullying? -- Violence in Teenage Relationships -- Violence, Not Bullying -- A Tyranny of Sameness: The Olweus Bullying Prevention Program -- Conclusion -- Note -- References -- ch. 3 Feminism in Criminology: Engendering the Outlaw / Dana M. Britton -- Women as Offenders -- Women as Victims -- Women as Workers -- Emerging Issues -- References -- ch. 4 An Argument for Black Feminist Criminology: Understanding African American Women's Experiences With Intimate Partner Abuse Using an Integrated Approach / Hillary Potter -- Historical Development of Feminist Advocacy Against Intimate Partner Abuse -- BFC and Its Origins -- The Tenets of BFC -- Black Feminist and Critical Race Feminist Origins of BFC -- Understanding Intimate Partner Abuse in the Lives of Black Women Using BFC -- Social Structural Oppression -- Black Community and Black Culture -- Familial and Intimate Relations -- Black Woman as Individual -- Response to Anticipated Criticism -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- pt. II FEMALE JUVENILE DELINQUENTS: VICTIMIZATION, DELINQUENCY, AND THE JUVENILE JUSTICE SYSTEM -- ch. 5 At-Risk Girls and Delinquency: Career Pathways / Carla P. Davis -- Getting Into the System: Status Offenses and the Sexual Double Standard -- Theoretical Framework: The Insanity of Place -- Data and Methods -- Sample Population -- Data Analysis -- Limitations -- Parental Authority Versus Girls' Autonomy: "Going Out" -- Coming Into Contact With the System: Calling Police to Help Restore Authority -- Struggles Culminating in Assault Charges: Relabeling Domestic Disputes -- How Control Struggles May Shape Differential Juvenile Justice Outcomes -- Discussion and Conclusion -- References -- ch. 6 Violence Against Girls Provokes Girls' Violence: From Private Injury to Public Harm / Laurie Schaffner -- Literature Review: Revisiting the Term Abuse -- The Amount of Harm -- The Price of Harm -- Findings: Girl Fights in Different Settings -- Context One Cora Winfield Confronting Homophobia -- Context Two Mylen Cruz's Fight Back Against "Sexual Harassment" -- Discussion: Witnessing Violence Is Learning Violence -- Conclusion: From Private Harm to Public Injury -- Note -- References -- ch. 7 The Gendered Nature of Risk Factors for Delinquency / Kristi Holsinger -- Theoretical Perspectives Explaining Delinquency -- General Strain Theory (GST) -- The Life-Course Perspective -- Feminist Pathways and Cycle of Violence Perspectives -- Method -- Sample -- Measurement Instrument and Data Collection -- Limitations -- Findings -- Demographic Characteristics -- Abuse Histories -- Relationships With Parents and Family History -- Mental Health and Self-Esteem Histories -- School and Peer Experiences -- Discussion -- Note -- References -- ch. 8 Moving Toward Justice for Female Juvenile Offenders in the New Millennium: Modeling Gender-Specific Policies and Programs / Jill Rosenbaum -- National Efforts -- State Efforts -- Current Study -- Legislative Review -- Survey and Focus Group Methodology -- Study Findings -- Research Results -- Recommendations -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- pt. III THE WOMAN OFFENDER: WOMEN'S EXPERIENCES WITH DRUGS, CRIME, AND VIOLENCE -- ch. 9 Murder as Self-Help: Women and Intimate Partner Homicide / Elicka S. L. Peterson -- Self-Help and Female-Perpetrated Intimate Partner Homicide -- Illegal Justice -- The Accessibility of Law -- The Role of Status in Social Space -- Vertical Status -- Horizontal and Radial Status -- Symbolic or Cultural Status -- Normative Status -- Perceptions About the Accessibility of Formal Social Control -- Why Women Do Not Commit More Homicide -- Discussion and Conclusion -- References -- ch. 10 Women at Risk in Sex Work: Strategies for Survival / Deborah Warr -- Methodology -- The Sample -- Risks to Health and Safety -- Approaches to Risk Management -- Risk Reduction in a Protected Environment -- Working With Limited Control in a Protected Environment -- Risk Avoidance in a Less Protected Environment -- Active Risk Management in a Risky Environment -- Working Without Strategies in a Risky Environment -- Discussion -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- ch. 11 Dimensions of Women's Power in the Illicit Drug Economy / Tammy L. Anderson -- Introduction -- Understanding Power -- Shifting the Narrative -- Theoretical Assumptions and Operating Premises -- Four Dimensions of Women's Economic Power -- Capital -- Women's Control of the Household -- Housing and Drug Market Success -- Women Drug Users' Purchasing Power -- Women Subsidize Male Dependency -- Women's Role in Drug-Dealing Activities -- `Style' and Empowerment -- The Positions Women Hold -- Transferring Drug World Power and Capital Into Conventional Activities -- Discussion -- Notes -- References -- ch. 12 The War on Drugs as a War Against Black Women / Stephanie R. Bush-Baskette -- Conceptual Framework -- A Closer Analysis of the Female Prisoner -- Gender, Race, and Criminal Justice System Practices -- The Need to Investigate the Effects of the Drug War on the Incarceration of Black Females -- References -- pt. IV THE FEMALE OFFENDER AND INCARCERATION: BEFORE, DURING, AND AFTER INCARCERATION -- ch. 13 Women Under Lock and Key: A View From the Inside / Noelie Rodriguez -- Study Background -- Spare the Rod -- Occupation and Crime -- The Oldest Profession -- The Drug Connection -- Streetwise and Sorry About It -- Women's Life in a Coed Prison -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- ch. 14 The Changing Nature of Interpersonal Relationships in a Women's Prison / Kimberly R. Greer -- Research Questions -- Our Previous Understanding of Relationships in Women's Prisons -- Method -- Data Analysis -- Description of the Respondents -- The Changing Nature of Social Environments in a Women's Prison -- Friendships Among Female Offenders -- Sexual Relationships Among Inmates -- Lack of Kinship Networks -- Discussion -- References -- ch. 15 "Setting the Record Straight": Girls, Sexuality, and the Juvenile Correctional System / Lisa Pasko -- History of Girls, Sexuality, and the Youth Correctional System -- Methodology -- Psychiatrization of LBQ Girls' Sexuality -- Invalidation of LBQ Girls' Sexuality -- Criminalization of LBQ Girls' Sexuality -- Conclusion -- References -- ch. 16 People, Places, and Things: How Female Ex-Prisoners Negotiate Their Neighborhood Context / Andrea Leverentz -- Self-Help Narratives -- Neighborhoods and Ex-Prisoner Reentry -- Gender, Race, Crime, and Neighborhood -- Methodology -- Participants -- Halfway House -- Neighborhood Choices and Constraints -- Neighborhood Aspirations -- Neighborhood Choices and Constraints -- Housing and Children -- Negotiating Neighborhood Identities -- Avoiding People, Places, and Things -- Reframing the Role of Neighborhoods in Desistance -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References.
- Subject(s)
- ISBN
- 9781412996709 (pbk. : acid-free paper)
1412996708 (pbk. : acid-free paper) - Bibliography Note
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
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