Neither angels nor demons women, crime, and victimization /

Ferraro, Kathleen J.

Neither angels nor demons women, crime, and victimization / Kathleen J. Ferraro. - Boston : Northeastern University Press ; (c)2006. Hanover : University Press of New England, (c)2006. - 1 online resource (xi, 327 pages). - The Northeastern series on gender, crime, and law .

Includes bibliographies and index.

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.




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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.


Electronic Books.

HV6046 / .N458 2006