Female Victims of Crime: Reality Reconsidered

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Foreward Roslyn Muraskin Acknowledgements INTRODUCTION The Gendered Nature of Victimization Venessa Garcia Janice E. Clifford PART 1 Gender: A Historical & Social Context 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 PART 2 Gendered Crimes: The Context of Female Victimization 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 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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