Perceptions of Female Offenders How Stereotypes and Social Norms Affect Criminal Justice Responses /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Russell, Brenda L. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Subjects: Social sciences.; Criminology.; Sociology.; Community psychology.; Environmental psychology.; Sex (Psychology).; Gender expression.; Gender identity.; Social Sciences.; Criminology & Criminal Justice.; Gender Studies.; Community and Environmental Psychology.

Female offenders are often perceived as victims who commit crimes as a self-defense mechanism or as criminal deviants whose actions strayed from typical ‘womanly’ behavior. Such cultural norms for violence exist in our gendered society and there has been scholarly debate about how male and female of...