Women and Crime: A Text/Reader
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Section I: Women and Crime: Introduction
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Article 1: Burgess-Proctor, A. (2006). Intersections of Race, Class, Gender and Crime: Future Directions for Feminist Criminology. Feminist Criminology, 1(1): 27-47.
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Article 2: Chen, Y. & Ullman, S. E. (2010). Women’s Reporting of Sexual and Physical Assault to Police in the National Violence against Women Survey. Violence Against Women, 16(3), 262-279. DOI:10.1177/1077801209360861
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Article 3: Franklin, C. A. & Franklin, T. W. (2009). Predicting Fear of Crime: Considering Differences Across Gender.Feminist Criminology, 4(1): 83-106.
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Article 4: Mason, P. & Monckton-Smith, J. (2008). Conflation, Collocation and Confusion: British Press Coverage of the Sexual Murder of Women. Journalism, 9(6): 691-710.
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Article 5: Wolitzky-Taylor, K. B., Resnick, H. S., McCauley, J. L., Amstadter, A. B., Kilpatrick, D. G. & Ruggiero, K. J. (2011). Is Reporting of Rape on the Rise? A Comparison of Women With Reported Versus Unreported Rape Experiences in the National Women’s Study-Replication. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 26(4), 807-832. DOI:10.1177/0886260510365869.
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Article 6: Bachman, R. (2000). A Comparison of Annual Incidence Rates and Contextual Characteristics of Intimate-Partner Violence Against Women from the National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS) and the National Violence Against Women Survey (NVAWS). Violence Against Women, 6(8), 839-867.
Article 7: Block, C. R., Blockland, A. A. J., van der Werff, C., van Os, R. & Nieuwbeerta, P. (2010). Long Term Patterns of Offending in Women. Feminist Criminology, 5(1), 73-107. DOI:10.1177/1557085109356520.
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Article 8: Fox, K. K. & Cook, C. L. (2011). Is Knowledge Power? The Effects of a Victimology Course on Victim Blaming. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 1-21. DOI: 10.1177/0886260511403752.
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Article 9: Loukaitou-Sideris, A. & Fink, C. (2009). Addressing Women’s Fear of Victimization in Transportation Settings: A Survey of U.S Transit Agencies. Urban Affairs Review, 44(4). 554-587. DOI:10.1177/1078087408322874.
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Section II: Theories of Victimization
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Article 1: Clodfelter, T. A., Turner, M. G., Hartman, J. L., & Juhns, J. B. (2010). Sexual Harassment Victimization During Emerging Adulthood: A Test of Routine Activities Theory and a General Theory of Crime. Crime & Delinquency, 56(3), 455-481.
Article 2: Ranklin, C. A., Frankling, T. W., Nobles, M. R., & Kercher, G. A. (2012). Assessing the Effect of Routine Activity Theory and Self-Control on Property, Personal, and Sexual Assault Victimization. Criminal Justice & Behavior, 39(10), 1296-1315.
Article 3: Schreck, C. J. & Fisher, B. S. (2004). Specifying the Influence of Family and Peers on Violent Victimization: Extending Routine Activities and Lifestyles Theories. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 19(9), 1021-1041.
Article 4: van den Bos, K. & Maas, M. (2009). On the Psychology of the Belief in a Just World: Exploring Experiential and Rationalistic Paths to Victim Blaming. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 35(12), 1567-1578.
Section III: Women and Victimization: Rape and Sexual Assault
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Article 1: Bieneck, S. & Krahe, B. (2011). Blaming the Victim and Exonerating the Perpetrator in Cases of Rape and Robbery: Is there a Double Standard? Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 26(9), 1785-1797. DOI:10.1177/0886260510372945.
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Article 2: Boba, R. & Lilley, D. (2009). Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) Funding: A Nationwide Assessment of Effects on Rape and Assault. Violence Against Women, 15(2), 168-185. DOI:10.1177/1077801208329146.
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Article 3: Donovan, R. A. (2007). To Blame or Not to Blame: Influence of Target Race and Observer Sex on Rape Blame Attribution. Journal of Interpersonal Violence 22(6): 722-736.
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Article 4: Ferro, C., Cermele, J. & Saltzman, A. (2008). Current Perceptions of Marital Rape: Some Good and Not-So-Good News. Journal of Interpersonal Violence 23(6): 764-779.
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Article 5: Page, A. D. (2010). True Colors: Police Officers and Rape Myth Acceptance. Feminist Criminology, 5(4), 315-334. DOI:10.1177/1557085110384108.
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Article 6: Ullman, S. E. & Townsend, S. M. (2007). Barriers to Working with Sexual Assault Survivors: A Qualitative Study of Rape Crisis Center Workers. Violence Against Women, 13(4), 412-443. DOI:10.1177/1077801207299191.
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Article 7: Wolitzky-Taylor, K. B., Resnick, H. S., McCauley, J. L., Amstadter, A. B., Kilpatrick, D. G., & Ruggiero, K. J. (2010). Is Reporting of Rape on the Rise? A Comparison of Women With Reporting Versus Unreported Rape Experiences in the National Women’s Study Replication. Journal of Interpersonal Violence 26(4).
Section IV: Women and Victimization: Intimate Partner Abuse and Stalking
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Article 1: Boonzaier, F. (2008). ‘If the Man Says you Must Sit, Then you Must Sit’: The Relational Construction of Woman Abuse: Gender, Subjectivity and Violence. Feminism and Psychology, 18(2), 183-206. DOI:10.1177/0959353507088266.
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Article 2: Brown, C., Trangsrud, H. B. & Linnemeyer, R. M. (2009). Battered Women’s Process of Leaving: A 2-year Follow Up. Journal of Career Assessment, 17(4), 439-456. DOI:10.11771069072709334244.
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Article 3: Dobash, R. E. & Dobash, R. P. (2011). What Were They Thinking? Men Who Murder an Intimate Partner.Violence Against Women, 17(1), 111-134. DOI:10.1177/1077801210391219.
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Article 4: Fleming, K. N., Newton, T. L., Fernandez-Botran, R., Miller, J. J., & Burns, V. E. (2012). Intimate Partner Stalking Victimization and Posttraumatic Stress Symptoms in Post-Abuse Women. Violence Against Women, 18(12), 1368-1389.
Article 5: Garner, J. H. & Maxwell, C. D. (2009). Prosecution and Conviction Rates for Intimate Partner Violence.Criminal Justice Review, 34(1), 44-79. DOI:10.1177/0734016808324231.
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Article 6: Lacey, K. K., Saunders, D. G. & Zhang, L. (2011). A Comparison of Women of Color and Non-Hispanic White Women on Factors Related to Leaving a Violent Relationship. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 26(5), 1036-1055. DOI:10.1177/0886260510376496.
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Article 7: Lee, Y. & Hadeed, L. (2009). Immigrant Partner Violence Among Asian Immigrant Communities. Trauma, Violence & Abuse, 10(2), 143-170. DOI:10.1177/1524838009334130.
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Article 8: Miller, S. L. & Smolter, N. L. (2011). “Paper Abuse”: When All Else Fails, Batterers Use Procedural Stalking. Violence Against Women, 17(5), 637-650. DOI:10.1177/1077801211407290.
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Article 9: Southworth, C., Finn, J., Dawson, S., Fraser, C.,& Tucker, S. (2007). Intimate Partner Violence, Technology and Stalking. Violence Against Women 13(8): 842-856.
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Section V: International Issues in the Victimization of Women
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Article 1: Acharya, A. K. (2008). Sexual Violence and Proximate Risks: A Study on Trafficked Women in Mexico City.Gender Technology and Development, 12(1), 77-99. DOI:10.1177/097185240701200106.
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Article 2: Gill, A. (2009). Honor Killings and the Quest for Justice in Black and Minority Ethnic Communities in the United Kingdom. Criminal Justice Policy Review, 20(4), 475-494. DOI:10.1177/08874034082329604.
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Article 3: Hodge, D. R. & Lietz, C. A. (2007). The International Sexual Trafficking of Women and Children: A Review of the Literature. Affilia: Journal of Women and Social Work, 22(2), 163-174. DOI:10.1177/0886109907299055.
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Article 4: Gajic-Veljanoski, O. & Stewart, D. E. (2007). Women Trafficked into Prostitution: Determinants, Human Rights and Health Needs. Transcultural Psychiatry 44(3): 338-358.
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Article 5: Pantaleo, K. (2010). Gendered Violence: An Analysis of the Maquiladora Murders. International Criminal Justice Review, 20(4), 349-365. DOI:10.1177/1057567710380914.
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Article 6: Vindhya, V. & Swathi Dev, V. (2011). Survivors of Sex Trafficking in Andhra Pradesh: Evidence and Testimony. Indian Journal of Gender Studies 18(2): 129-165.
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Section VI: Theories on Female Offending
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Article 1: Baker, T., Metcalfe, C. F., & Jennings, W. G. (2013). What Are the Odds?: Predicting Specialization in Offending Over the Life Course. Criminal Justice & Behavior, DOI: 0093854812474262.
Article 2: Belknap, J., & Holsinger, K. (2006). The Gendered Nature of Risk Factors for Delinquency. Feminist Criminology, 1(1), 48-71.
Article 3: Chen, X. (2009). The Link Between Juvenile Offending and Victimization: The Influence of Risky Lifestyles, Social Bonding, and Individual Characteristics. Youth Violence and Juvenile Justice, 7(2), 119-135.
Article 4: DeHart, D. D. (2008). Pathways to Prison: Impact of Victimization in the Lives of Incarcerated Women.Violence Against Women, 14(12), 1362-1381. DOI:10.1177/1077801208327018.
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Article 5: Reckdenwald, A. & Parker, K. F. (2008). The Influence of Gender Inequality and Marginalization on Types of Female Offending. Homicide Studies, 12(2), 208-226.
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Section VII: Girls and Juvenile Delinquency
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Article 1: Bright, C. L., Ward, S. K. & Negi, N. J (2011). “The Chain Has to Be Broken”: A Qualitative Investigation of the Experiences of Young Women Following Juvenile Court Involvement. Feminist Criminology, 6(1), 32-53. DOI:10.1177/1557085110393237.
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Article 2: Makarios, M. D. (2007). Race, Abuse, and Female Criminal Violence. Feminist Criminology, 2(2). 100-116. DOI:10.1177/1557085106296501.
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Article 3: Mallicoat, S. L. (2007). Gendered Justice: Attributional Differences Between Males and Females in the Juvenile Courts. Feminist Criminology 2(1): 4-30.
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Article 4: Merlo, A. V. & Benekos, P. J. (2010). Is Punitive Juvenile Justice Policy Declining in the United States? A Critique of Emergent Initiatives. Youth Justice, 10(1), 3-24. DOI:10.1177/1473225409356740.
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Article 5: Robertson, A. R., Stein, J. A., & Schaefer-Rohledger, L. (2010). Effects of Hurricane Katrina and Other Adverse Life Events on Adolescent Female Offenders: A Test of General Strain Theory. Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency, 47(4), 469-495.
Article 6: Van der Put, C. E., Dekovic, M., Hoeve, M., Stams, G. J. J. M., van der Laan, P. H. & Langewouters, F. E. M. (2010). Risk Assessment of Girls: Are there Any Sex Differences in Risk Factors for Re-Offending and in Risk Profiles? Crime & Delinquency, 1-24. DOI:10.1177/0011128710384776.
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Article 7: Zahn, M. A., Day, J. C., Mihalic, S. F. & Tichavsky, L. (2009). Determining What Works for Girls in the Juvenile Justice System: A Summary of Evaluation Evidence. Crime & Delinquency, 55(2), 266-293. DOI:10.1177/0011128708330649.
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Section VIII: Female Offenders and Their Crimes
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Article 1: Anumba, N., Dematteo, D., & Heilbrun, K. (2012). Social Functioning, Victimization, and Mental Health among Female Offenders. Criminal Justice and Behavior, 39(9), 1204-1218.
Article 2: Becker, S. & McCorkel, J. A. (2011). The Gender of Criminal Opportunity: The Impact of Male Co-Offenders on Women’s Crime. Feminist Criminology, 6(2), 79-110. DOI:10.1177/1557085110396501.
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Article 3: Brewer, V. E., Marquart, J. W., Mullings, J. L., & Crouch, B. (1999). Female Drug Offenders: HIV-Related Risk Behavior, Self-Perceptions and Public Health Implications. Criminal Justice Policy Review, 9(2), 185-208.
Article 4: Karnadikar, S. & Prospero, M. (2010). From Client to Pimp: Male Violence Against Female Sex Workers.Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 25(2), 257-273. DOI:10.1177/0886260509334393.
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Article 5: Barnett, B. (2006). Medea in the Media: Narrative and Myth in Newspaper Coverage of Women who Kill their Children. Journalism 7(4): 411-432.
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Article 6: Bell, K. E. (2009). Gender and Gangs: A Quantitative Comparison. Crime & Delinquency, 55(3), 363-387. DOI:10.1177/0011128707306017.
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Article 7: Nesca, M. & Dalby, J. T. (2010). Maternal Neonaticide: Traumatic Childbirth: A Case Study. International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology, XX(X), 1-13. DOI:10.1177/0306624X10376204.
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Article 8: Wijkman, M., Bijleveld, C. & Hendricks, J. (2010). Women Don’t Do Such Things! Characteristics of Female Sex Offenders and Offender Types. Sex Abuse,22(2), 135.
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Section IX: Processing and Sentencing of Female Offenders
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Article 1: Blackwell, B. S., Holleran, D. & Finn, M. A. (2008). The Impact of the Pennsylvania Sentencing Guidelines on Sex Differences in Sentencing. Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice, 24(4), 399-418. DOI:10.1177/1043986208319453.
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Article 2: Freiburger, T. L. & Hilinski, C. M. (2009). An Examination of the Interaction of Race and Gender on Sentencing Decisions Using a Trichotomous Dependent Variable. Crime & Delinquency, XX(X), X-XX. DOI:10.1177/0011128708330178.
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Article 3: Jones, S. (2008). Partners in Crime: A Study of the Relationship between Female Offenders and Their Co-defendants. Criminology and Criminal Justice, 8(2), 147-164. DOI:10.1177/1748895808088992.
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Article 4: Parker, K. F. & Reckdenwald, A. (2008). Women and Crime in Context: Examining the Linkages Between Patriarchy and Female Offending Across Space. Feminist Criminology, 3(1), 5-24, DOI:10.1177/1557085107308456.
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Section X: The Incarceration of Women
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Article 1: Blackburn, A. G., Mullings, J. L. & Marquart, J. W. (2008). Sexual Assault in Prison and Beyond: Toward an Understanding of Lifetime Sexual Assault Among Incarcerated Women. The Prison Journal, 88(3), 351-377. DOI:10.1177/0012885508322443.
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Article 2: Brown, M. & Bloom, B. (2009). Reentry and Renegotiating Motherhood: Maternal Identity and Success on Parole. Crime & Delinquency, 55(2), 313-336. DOI:10.1177/0011128708330627.
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Article 3: Celinska, K. & Siegel, J. A. (2010). Mothers in Trouble: Coping with Actual or Pending Separation From Children due to Incarceration. The Prison Journal, 90(4), 447-474. DOI:10.1177/0032885510382218.
Section XI: The Supervision of Women: Community Corrections, Rehabilitation, and Reentry
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Article 1: Salisbury, E. J., Van Voorhis, P. & Spiropoulos, G. V. (2009). The Predictive Validity of a Gender-Responsive Needs Assessment: An Exploratory Study. Crime & Delinquency, 55(4), 550-585. DOI:10.1177/0011128707308102.
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Article 2: Brown, M. & Bloom, B. (2009). Reentry and Renegotiating Motherhood: Maternal Identity and Success on Parole. Crime & Delinquency, 55(2), 313-336. DOI:10.1177/0011128708330627.
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Article 3: Celinska, K. & Siegel, J. A. (2010). Mothers in Trouble: Coping with Actual or Pending Separation From Children due to Incarceration. The Prison Journal, 90(4), 447-474. DOI:10.1177/0032885510382218.
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Section XII: Women Professionals and the Criminal Justice System: Police, Corrections, and Offender Services
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Article 1: Annison, J. (2009). Portrayals of Women Probation Officers and Women Offenders. Probation Journal, 56(4), 435-460. DOI:10.1177/0264550509346192 .
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Article 2: Hassell, K. D. & Brandl, S. G. (2009). An Examination of the Workplace Experiences of Police Patrol Officers: The Role of Race, Sex, and Sexual Orientation. Police Quarterly 12(4), 408-430. DOI:10.1177/1098611109348473.
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Article 3: Ireland, C. & Berg, B. (2008). Women in Parole: Respect and Rapport. International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology, 52(4), 474-491. DOI:10.1177/0306624X07307782.
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Article 4: Morash, M. & Haarr, R. N. (2011). Doing, Redoing and Undoing Gender: Variation in Gender Identities of Women Working as Police Officers. Feminist Criminology, X(XX), X-XX. DOI:10.1177/155708511413253.
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Article 5: Rabe-Hemp, C. E. (2011). Female Forces: Beauty, Brains and a Badge. Feminist Criminology, 6(2), 132-155. DOI:10.1177/1557085111398471.
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Article 6: Shapiro, M., Ingols, C. & Blake-Beard, S. (2008). Confronting Career Double Binds: Implications for Women, Organizations and Career Practitioners. Journal of Career Development, 34(3), 309-333. DOI:10.1177/0894845307311250.
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Article 7: Sun, I. Y. & Chu, D. C. (2008). A Cross-National Analysis of Female Police Officers’ Attitudes in the United States and Taiwan. International Criminal Justice Review, 18(1), 5-23. DOI:10.1177/1057567708315652.
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Article 8: Wilkins, V. M. & Williams, B. N. (2009). Representing Blue: Representative Bureaucracy and Racial Profiling in the Latino Community. Administration & Society, 40(8), 775-798. DOI:10.1177/0095399708326332.
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Section XIII: Women Professionals and the Criminal Justice System: Courts and Victim Services
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Article 1: Beckman, C. M. & Phillips, D. J. (2005). Interorganizational Determinants of Promotion: Client Leadership and the Attainment of Women Attorneys. American Sociological Review, 70(4), 678-701.
Article 2: Blair-Loy, M. & Dehart, G. (2003). Family and Career Trajectories among African American Female Attorneys. Journal of Family Issues, 24(7), 908-933.
Article 3: Clemans, Sh. E. (2004). Life Changing: The Experience of Rape-Crisis Work. Affilia, 19(2), 146-159.
Article 4: Erez, E. & King, T. A. (2000). Patriarchal Terrorism or Common Couple Violence: Attorneys' Views of Prosecuting and Defending Woman Batterers. International Review of Victimology, 7(1-3), 207-226.
Article 5: Fielding, N. G. (2011). Judges and Their Work. Social & Legal Studies, 20(1), 97-115.
Article 6: Johnson, B. D. (2012). Judges on Trial: A Reexamination of Judicial Race and Gender Effects Across Modes of Conviction. Criminal Justice Policy Review. DOI: 0887403412463933.
Article 7: Ullman, S. E. & Townsend, S. M. (2007). Barriers to Working With Sexual Assault Survivors: A Qualitative Study of Rape Crisis Center Workers. Violence Against Women, 13(4), 412-443.