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Perceived gender differences in policing: the impact of gendered perception of officer-situation "fit"

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This study investigates the relationship between gender stereotypes and public perceptions of police conduct while responding to domestic violence, shoplifting, or noise disturbance calls. Findings indicate that perceptions of professionalism are significantly influenced by the relationship between the gender of the responding officer and the nature of the crime.

Author: Grant, Diana R.
Publisher: Haworth Press, Inc.
Publication Name: Women & Criminal Justice
Subject: Women's issues/gender studies
ISSN: 0897-4454
Year: 2000
Statistical Data Included, Police, Police officers, Sex differences (Psychology), Social perception, Stereotype (Psychology), Stereotypes (Psychology)

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Prostitution: a critical review of the medical and social sciences literature

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This article analyzes previous social science research on prostitution, sexual exploitation, poverty, and racism. Topics addressed include the response of the criminal justice system to prostitution and the social invisibility of the prostitute.

Author: Farley, Melissa, Kelly, Vanessa
Publisher: Haworth Press, Inc.
Publication Name: Women & Criminal Justice
Subject: Women's issues/gender studies
ISSN: 0897-4454
Year: 2000
Analysis, Prostitutes, Social science research, Prostitution

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Trauma symptoms of former stalking victims

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The author examines victims of stalking by former intimate partners and the psychological difficulties associated with the experience. Topics include physical violence suffered, absence or presence of verbal abuse, and trauma symptoms.

Author: Brewster, Mary P.
Publisher: Haworth Press, Inc.
Publication Name: Women & Criminal Justice
Subject: Women's issues/gender studies
ISSN: 0897-4454
Year: 2001
Psychological aspects, Victims, Psychic trauma, Trauma (Psychology), Stalking (Criminal law), Stalking

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