A profession marked by male characteristics and imbued with female sensibilities
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The women's movement opened spaces for women in traditionally male venues through the enactment of civil rights laws. They are beginning to impact academic discussions about crime and victimization as well laws and are creating new venues for discussion about how criminal justice system ought to operate.
Publication Name: Women & Criminal Justice
Subject: Women's issues/gender studies
ISSN: 0897-4454
Year: 2003
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Shakespeare's female victims: criminology and fiction
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Female victimization in literary works is explored and contemporary research to make parallels is also introduced. Analysis of how William Shakespeare employed theatrical scenarios relevant to both historical and contemporary theories relating to female victimization is also done.
Publication Name: Women & Criminal Justice
Subject: Women's issues/gender studies
ISSN: 0897-4454
Year: 2003
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Juvenile female arrests: a holistic explanation of organization functioning
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The feminist theory is elaborated with the help of Emerson's notion of holistic effects. It is proposed that the processing of juvenile female status offenders may vary systematically with the level of sex crimes in a community.
Publication Name: Women & Criminal Justice
Subject: Women's issues/gender studies
ISSN: 0897-4454
Year: 2003
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