Neither angels nor demons : women, crime, and victimization / Kathleen J. Ferraro.

Author/creator Ferraro, Kathleen J.
Format Book
Publication InfoBoston : Northeastern University Press ; Hanover : University Press of New England, ©2006.
Descriptionxi, 327 pages ; 23 cm.
Supplemental ContentTable of contents only
Subjects
Female offenders.
Women--Crimes against.
Female offenders--United States. --Case studies.
Abused women--United States. --Case studies.
Sex discrimination in criminal justice administration--United States.

SeriesNortheastern series on gender, crime, and law
Northeastern series on gender, crime, and law. ^A689813
Contents Introduction -- Blurred boundaries and the complexities of experience -- Irreconcilable differences : women's encounters with the criminal processing system -- Negotiating surreality -- The social reproduction of women's pain -- Demonic angels? : violence against abusers -- Angelic demons? : crimes of complicity -- Epilogue.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 291-313) and index.
LCCN 2006019965
ISBN155553662X (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN9781555536626 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN1555536638 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN9781555536633 (pbk. : alk. paper)

Availability

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Joyner General Stacks HV6046 .F43 2006 ✔ Available Place Hold