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

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Russell, Brenda L. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Θέματα: 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...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Introduction
• The Social Construction of Norms: How Social Media Depicts Female Offenders
• Female Sexual Aggression on College Campuses: Prevelence, Correlates, and Perceptions
• Effects of Victim Gender, Age, and Sexuality on Perceptions of Sexual Assaults Committed by Women
• Intimate Partner Violence: Examining Evidence of Gender Symmetry
• Partner Abuse in Context: Control Tactics, Dominance, and the Role of Gender
• Genders Compared: How Perceptions of Dangerousness and Legal Intervention Differ by Gender
• The Impact of Familial Paternalism on Sentencing Decisions
• References
• Index.