Women and Crime: A Text/Reader
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Section I: Women and Crime: Introduction
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- National Incident-Based Reporting System
- Sharlene Nagy-Hesse Biber- Feminist Research—Part I
- Sharlene Nagy-Hesse Biber- Feminist Research—Part II
- Office for Victims of Crime Video Clips
- How Likely are Women to Commit Violent Crime?
- Women and Crime During the Recession
Audio
- Lost Promise for Rape Victims
- Number of Incarcerated Women on the Rise
- Prosecutor Tries to Crack Thousands of Rape Cases
- Women in Crime Novels: Terrible Clichés
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Section II: Theories of Victimization
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- News Media’s Coverage of Crime and Victimization
- Did New York Times Blame the Victim for Getting Gang Raped?
- Blaming the Victim
Audio
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Section III: Women and Victimization: Rape and Sexual Assault
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- It’s Not Okay: Speak out against Sexual Assault
- Date Rape Video- PSA
- Acquaintance Rape: Information and Statistics
- Prevention of Drug Facilitated Sexual Assault
- Reporting and Investigating Rape Cases—Senate Judiciary Subcommittee Hearing
Audio
- Op-Ed: Slut Walks Mission Weakened by Methods
- Many Rape Victims Say Justice System Still Fails Them
- Sexual Assault Stories Challenging For Journalists
- How College Campuses Handle Sexual Assault
- College Justice Falls Short For Rape Victim
- Federal Effort Targets Sexual Assaults at Colleges
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Section IV: Women and Victimization: Intimate Partner Abuse and Stalking
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- “Love The Way You Lie” Eminem – ft. Rihanna
- “Rain On Me” –Ashanti
- “Facedown” – Red Jumpsuit Apparatus
- “Concrete Angel”- Martina McBride
- Interview with Alexis Moore, Founder and Executive Director of Survivors in Action
- History of Abuse: Experts Discuss the Chris Brown and Rihanna Case
- What Is It? (Domestic Violence)
- What Can I Do About It? (Domestic Violence): Interviews with National Domestic Violence Employees
- Proposed Domestic Violence Bill (2010)
- Teen Murdered After Breaking Up With Boyfriend
- Teen Dating Violence
- The Implications of Domestic Violence on Children
- How Domestic Violence Causes Child Violence
- Why You Should Report Domestic Violence to the Police
- Erin Andrews Speaks in Support of Stalker Law
- Stalking Law in the U.S
- How to Deal with Stalkers
- Stalking Awareness
- Stalked: Someone’s Watching Update: The Peggy Klinke Story
- Stalked: Someone’s Watching: Different Types of Stalkers
- Is Stalking Common in U.S?
- Stalked Someone’s Watching: Harvette Williams Story
- University Students Get Cyber Stalked
- Teacher Arrested for Cyber Stalking Teen Student
Audio
- High Court Approves of Using 911 Calls as Evidence
- Groups Move to Protect Women and Their Pets
- Supreme Court Adds Limits to Search and Consent
- Domestic Violence: A Survivors Story
- The Psychology of Domestic Abuse
- Creating a Safe Place for Victims of Domestic Abuse
- New Dating Seminars Target Teen Violence
- Break the Silence: Stop the Violence
- Teenage Girls and Social Media: Tips for Parents From a Best-Selling Author
- Study: Computer Security Measures Not At All Worth It
Web Resources
Section V: International Issues in the Victimization of Women
Video
- Honor Killings
- Honor Killings: Turkey
- A Look at Honor Killings in U.S
- Five Women Buried Alive in Group Honor Killing
- Michigan: Honor Killing, Step-Daughter Murdered for not following Islam
- Honor Killing in America
- Honor Killings
- Audio Tapes Released in Honor Killing
Audio
- Jordanian Journalist Lifts Veil on Honor Killings
- India Struggles To Stem Rise in ‘Honor Killings’
- Concern Grows over Iraqi ‘Honor Killings’
- Kidnapping, Tribal Reprisal Upend Iraqi Woman’s Life
- Brutality Against Women Stirs Fear in Afghanistan
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Section VI: Theories on Female Offending
Section VII: Girls and Juvenile Delinquency
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- Girls in a Justice System Built for Boys
- Jailhouse Abuse
- Last Chance Ranch: Florida Detention Center Treats Troubled, Violent Girls
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Section VIII: Female Offenders and Their Crimes
Video
- Women in Prison: Mother Gets Ten Years in Prison for $31 of Marijuana
- Time to End War on Drugs?
- Shift in U.S Drug Policy
- Obama on the War on Drugs
- Smart Living: Rising Number of Women in Prison
- Obama: Prostitution Legalization?
- Women After Prison (Part 1)
- Women After Prison (Part 2)
- Women After Prison (Part 3)
- Female Violence
- Is Andrea Yates Ready to Rejoin Society?
- Deadly Women: Women Who Kill Their Own
- Mary Kay Letourneau Now a Grandmother
- Jodi Arias Murder Case Now in Hands of Jury
Audio
- For Prostitutes, An Alternative to the Streets
- San Francisco Weighs Decriminalizing Prostitution
- Brothel: Mustang Ranch and its Women
- Brothel Ban
- FBI Most Wanted Terrorists List: Who Is Assata Shakur
- Jodi Arias 911 Call
Web Resources
- Children of the Night
- National Gang Center
- National Incident Based Reporting System
- Prostitutes Education Network
- Prostitution Research and Education
- SAMHSA Center for Substance Abuse Treatment
- SAMHSA Nation Center for Trauma Informed Care
- The Sentencing Project
- Women and Gender in the Drug War
- National Crime Victimization Survey
- National Gang Center
- National Incident Based Reporting System
- The Sentencing Project
- Uniform Crime Reports
Section IX: Processing and Sentencing of Female Offenders
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Section X: The Incarceration of Women
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- Second Chance For Prison Moms
- Mother’s Day inside Chowchilla Women’s Prison
- Group Gives Books to Women in Prison
Audio
- ‘Couldn’t Keep it To Myself’
- Women Offenders- National Institute of Corrections
- Difficult Births: Laboring and Delivering in Shackles
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Section XI: The Supervision of Women: Community Corrections, Rehabilitation, and Reentry
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Section XII: Women Professionals and the Criminal Justice System: Police, Corrections, and Offender Services
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- Breakthrough Women
- Recruiting More Female Police Officers
- Oklahoma’s First Female Police Officers Honored
- L.A’s Crime Fighting Females
- Female Corrections Officer Accused of Sex With Prison Inmate
- Women Correctional Officers
- Women Working in Corrections
Audio
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Section XIII: Women Professionals and the Criminal Justice System: Courts and Victim Services
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- Changing Lives: Pioneering New York Women Attorneys
- Sonia Sotomayor
- Victim Services of Huron County
- National Domestic Violence Hotline
Audio
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