Women, Gender, and Crime

Stacy L. Mallicoat is a professor of criminal justice and Director of the University Honors program at California State University, Fullerton. She earned her BA in legal studies and sociology from Pacific Lutheran University and her PhD from the University of Colorado, Boulder, in sociology. She is the author of several Sage textbooks, including Crime and Criminal Justice: Concepts and Controversies, Women and Crime: Core Concepts, and Criminal Justice Policy. Her work also appears in a number of peer-­reviewed journals and edited volumes. She is an active member of the American Society of Criminology, the Western Society of Criminology, and the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences.

• ForewordPrefaceAcknowledgmentsSECTION I. Women, Gender, and Crime: IntroductionThe Influence of Feminism on Studies of Women, Gender, and CrimeWomen, Gender, and CrimeData Sources on Women as Victims and OffendersThe Contributions of Feminist Methodology to Research on Women, Gender, and CrimeConclusionSUMMARYKEY TERMSDISCUSSION QUESTIONSWEB RESOURCESREADING 1. Transformative Feminist Criminology: A Critical Rethinking of a DisciplineREADING 2. Grounding the Analysis of Gender and Crime: Accomplishing and Interpreting Qualitative Interview ResearchSECTION II. Theories of VictimizationVictims and the Criminal Justice SystemFear of VictimizationTheories on VictimizationSUMMARYKEY TERMSDISCUSSION QUESTIONSWEB RESOURCESREADING 3. College Students’ Crime-Related Fears on Campus: Are Fear-Provoking Cues Gendered?READING 4. Women From Different Ethnic Groups and Their Experiences with Victimization and Seeking HelpSECTION III. Women, Gender, and Victimization: Rape and Sexual AssaultHistorical Perspectives on Rape and Sexual AssaultDefining Sexual VictimizationPrevalence of Rape and Sexual AssaultRape MythsAcquaintance Versus Stranger AssaultDrug-Facilitated/Incapacitated Sexual AssaultSpousal RapeCampus Sexual AssaultLBGTQ Sexual ViolenceRacial Differences in Sexual AssaultThe Role of Victims in Sexual Assault CasesConclusionSUMMARYKEY TERMSDISCUSSION QUESTIONSWEB RESOURCESREADING 5. Student Perceptions of Sexual Assault Resources and Prevalence of Rape Myth AttitudesREADING 6. Regretting It After? Focus Group Perspectives on Alcohol Consumption, Nonconsensual Sex, and False Allegations of RapeSECTION IV. Women, Gender, and Victimization: Intimate Partner Abuse and StalkingDefining and Identifying Intimate Partner AbuseThe Cycle of ViolenceVictims of Intimate Partner AbuseBarriers to Leaving an Abusive RelationshipVictim Experiences With Police and CorrectionsStalking and Intimate Partner ViolenceVictims and Offenders of StalkingCyberstalkingLaws on StalkingConclusionSUMMARYKEY TERMSDISCUSSION QUESTIONSWEB RESOURCESREADING 7. “He Never Did Anything You Typically Think of as Abuse”: Experiences With Violence in Controlling and Noncontrolling Relationships in a Nonagency Sample of WomenREADING 8. Women’s Disclosure of Dating Violence: A Mixed Methodological StudySECTION V. International Issues in Gender-Based ViolenceHuman TraffickingRape as a War CrimeFemale Genital MutilationHonor-Based ViolenceConclusionSUMMARYKEY TERMSDISCUSSION QUESTIONSWEB RESOURCESREADING 9. Human Trafficking and Moral Panic in CambodiaREADING 10. Victim and Survivor: Narrated Social Identities of Women Who Experienced Rape During the War in Bosnia-HerzegovinaSECTION VI. Women, Gender, and OffendingTheoretical Perspectives on Female CriminalitySUMMARYKEY TERMSDISCUSSION QUESTIONSWEB RESOURCESREADING 11. The Intersectional Alternative: Explaining Female CriminalityREADING 12. Has Criminology Awakened From Its “Androcentric Slumber”?SECTION VII. Girls, Gender, and Juvenile DelinquencyThe Rise of the Juvenile Court and the Sexual Double StandardThe Nature and Extent of Female DelinquencyThe “Violent” GirlTechnical Violations: The New Status OffenseRisk Factors for Female DelinquencyMeeting the Unique Needs of Delinquent GirlsSUMMARYKEY TERMSDISCUSSION QUESTIONSWEB RESOURCESREADING 13. Assessing the Status of Gender-Specific Programs Through the Lens of Juvenile Justice StaffREADING 14. Trauma Among Lesbians and Bisexual Girls in the Juvenile Justice SystemSECTION VIII. Female Offenders and Their CrimesWomen and DrugsProperty CrimeProstitutionGender and ViolenceMothers Who Kill Their ChildrenSUMMARYKEY TERMSDISCUSSION QUESTIONSWEB RESOURCESREADING 15. Cracked Perspectives: Reflections of Women and Girls in the Aftermath of the Crack Cocaine EraREADING 16. “First and Foremost They’re Survivors”: Selective Manipulation, Resilience, and Assertion Among Prostitute WomenSECTION IX. Processing and Sentencing of Female OffendersStages of the Criminal Justice SystemRace Effects and the Processing of Female OffendersThe War on Drugs and Its Effects for WomenThe Effects of Extralegal Factors on Sentencing WomenThe Effects of Sentencing Guidelines on Judicial Decision MakingInternational Perspectives on the Processing of Female OffendersConclusionSUMMARYKEY TERMSDISCUSSION QUESTIONSREADING 17. The Impact of Race, Gender, and Age on the Pretrial DecisionREADING 18. Gender and Sentencing in the Federal Courts: Are Women Treated More Leniently?SECTION X. The Supervision of Women: Community Corrections, Rehabilitation, and ReentryGender-Responsive Programming for WomenThe Supervision of Women in the CommunityWomen on ParoleReentry Issues for Incarcerated WomenRecidivism and Female OffendersSUMMARYKEY TERMSDISCUSSION QUESTIONSWEB RESOURCESREADING 19. “It’s Their World, So You’ve Just Got to Get Through”: Women’s Experiences of Parole GovernanceREADING 20. Reentering Women: The Impact of Social Ties on Long-Term RecidivismSECTION XI. Women, Gender, and IncarcerationHistorical Context of Female PrisonsContemporary Issues for Incarcerated WomenPhysical and Mental Health Needs of Incarcerated WomenChildren of Incarcerated Mothers: The Unintended VictimsSUMMARYKEY TERMSDISCUSSION QUESTIONSWEB RESOURCESREADING 21. Social Relationships and Group Dynamics Inside a Community Correction Facility for WomenREADING 22. The Impact of Incarceration on Women’s Mental Health: Responses From Women in a Maximum-Security PrisonSECTION XII. Women Professionals and the Criminal Justice System: Police, Corrections, and Offender ServicesWomen in PolicingWomen in CorrectionsCommunity Corrections: Female Probation and Parole OfficersConclusionSUMMARYKEY TERMSDISCUSSION QUESTIONSWEB RESOURCESREADING 23. The Effect of Rank on Police Women Coping With Discrimination and HarassmentREADING 24. Promotional Opportunities: How Women in Corrections Perceive Their Chances for Advancement at WorkSECTION XIII. Women Professionals and the Criminal Justice System: Courts and Victim ServicesWomen and the LawWomen and the JudiciaryWomen and Work in Victim ServicesConclusionSUMMARYKEY TERMSDISCUSSION QUESTIONSWEB RESOURCESREADING 25. Representation on the Courts? The Effects of Trial Judges’ Sex and RaceREADING 26. Barriers to Working With Sexual Assault Survivors: A Qualitative Study of Rape Crisis Center WorkersGlossaryReferencesIndexAbout the Author

"The Mallicoat text provides an excellent set of contemporary readings on topics relating to Women and Crime. I highly recommend this text for Professors."