Description
For courses in Victims of Crime; Victimology, Women, Crime and Justice; Women’s Studies; and Sociology of Gender.
Taking a sociological approach, this reader addresses the diverse array of crimes against women and offers a compilation of research on this often minimized topic. Rich in conceptualization and theory, these readings tackle topics from the victim’s perspective and include media images, legal analysis, and official statistics. Material is presented within historical, legal, and social contexts so readers get a comprehensive understanding of female victimization. Throughout the collection, the causes of female victimization are examined, the responses from the criminal justice system are considered and the consequences for society are revealed.
Table of Contents
| Foreward | Roslyn Muraskin |
| Acknowledgements |
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| INTRODUCTION The Gendered Nature of Victimization
| Venessa Garcia Janice E. Clifford
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| PART 1 Doing Gender: A Historical & Social Context
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| CHAPTER 1 Cultural Images–Media Images: “Doing Culture” and Victim Blaming of Female Crime Victims
| Venessa Garcia Erica J. Schweikert |
| CHAPTER 2 Becoming Victims, Becoming Citizens: A Brief History of Gender-Motivated Violence in the U.S. Law | Melissa S. Fry |
| CHAPTER 3 Women and Victimization: Constructing Outcomes | Dennis R. Brewster Philip D. Holley |
| CHAPTER 4 The Measurement, Definition, and Reporting of Female Victimization
| Janice E. Clifford John P. Jarvis
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| PART 2 Gendered Crimes: The Context of Female Victimization
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| CHAPTER 5 Leading Lethal Lives? Variations in the Structure, Context, and Cultural Response of Female Homicide Victims | Wendy Regoeczi Terance Miethe |
| CHAPTER 6 The Impact of Gender, Race, and Class Discrimination on Femicide Rates | Jo-Ann Della Giustina |
| CHAPTER 7 Rape Myths: Impacts on Victims of Rape | Heather Melton |
| CHAPTER 8 Domestic Violence: Overview of Theoretical Etiology, Psychological Impact and Interventions | Sharon Boyd-Jackson |
| CHAPTER 9 Are There Gender Differences in Workplace Violence Victimization? Sometimes Yes and Sometimes No | Shannon Santana Bonnie Fisher |
| CHAPTER 10 Cyberbullying and Online Harassment: Reconceptualizing the Victimization of Adolescent Girls
| Amanda Burgess-Proctor Justin Patchin Sameer Hinduja |
| PART 3 Societal and Criminal Justice Response to Female Victimization
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| CHAPTER 11 A Sheltered Life: Observations on a Domestic Violence Shelter | Angela Moe |
| CHAPTER 12 In Their Own Words: Shelter Residents’ Experiences with Police | Gina Robertiello |
| CHAPTER 13 I Don’t Think a Cop Has Ever Asked Me if I Was OK”: Battered Women’s Experiences with Police Intervention | Hillary Potter |
| CHAPTER 14 The Gendered Paradox of Victimization and Agency in Protection Order Filings | Alesha Durfee |
| CHAPTER 15 Misdemeanor Domestic Violence Cases in the Courts: A Detailed Description of the Cases | Joanne Belknap Jennifer L. Hartman Victoria L. Lippen |
| CHAPTER 16 The Victimization Histories of Women Prisoners in Oklahoma | Susan F. Sharp |
| CHAPTER 17 The Criminalization of Victimization of Female Offenders and Emerging Correctional Responses
| Patrick McManimon |
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Female Victims of Crime: Reality Reconsidered, CourseSmart eTextbook
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