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4. “Ladies Only”: An Examination of Women and Crime

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© 2022 University of California Press, Berkeley

© 2022 University of California Press, Berkeley

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents vii
  3. Preface: New Language for a New Way of Thinking ix
  4. 1. The Story of Gender: Definitions, Origins, and Current Issues 1
  5. 2. The Why and How: Theories of Gender, Crime, and Victimization 28
  6. 3. “Manly” Crimes: The Relationship between Masculinity and Criminality 57
  7. 4. “Ladies Only”: An Examination of Women and Crime 87
  8. 5. At the Margins: Criminalization in the LGBTQIA+ Communities 112
  9. 6. Gender-Based Online Victimization 134
  10. 7. “Boys Will Be Boys” and “Sugar and Spice”: The Relationship between Gender and Victimization 158
  11. 8. The Victimization of Individuals Who Identify as LGBTQIA+ 181
  12. 9. Policing Crime: How Gender Influences Arrest Decisions and Court Cases 200
  13. 10. The Gendered Nature of Punishment 221
  14. 11. “Boys’ Clubs”: Gender and Employment in the Criminal-Legal System 240
  15. 12. Gender, Crime, and the Media 267
  16. References 289
  17. Index 313
Gendering Criminology
This chapter is in the book Gendering Criminology
https://doi.org/10.1525/9780520970472-005

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents vii
  3. Preface: New Language for a New Way of Thinking ix
  4. 1. The Story of Gender: Definitions, Origins, and Current Issues 1
  5. 2. The Why and How: Theories of Gender, Crime, and Victimization 28
  6. 3. “Manly” Crimes: The Relationship between Masculinity and Criminality 57
  7. 4. “Ladies Only”: An Examination of Women and Crime 87
  8. 5. At the Margins: Criminalization in the LGBTQIA+ Communities 112
  9. 6. Gender-Based Online Victimization 134
  10. 7. “Boys Will Be Boys” and “Sugar and Spice”: The Relationship between Gender and Victimization 158
  11. 8. The Victimization of Individuals Who Identify as LGBTQIA+ 181
  12. 9. Policing Crime: How Gender Influences Arrest Decisions and Court Cases 200
  13. 10. The Gendered Nature of Punishment 221
  14. 11. “Boys’ Clubs”: Gender and Employment in the Criminal-Legal System 240
  15. 12. Gender, Crime, and the Media 267
  16. References 289
  17. Index 313
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