Perceptions of Female Offenders How Stereotypes and Social Norms Aff
Female offenders are often perceived as victims who commit crimes as a self-defense mechanism or as criminal deviants whose actions strayed from typical ‘womanly’ behavior. Such cultural norms for violence exist in our gendered society and there has been
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Perceptions of Female Offenders How Stereotypes and Social Norms Affect Criminal Justice Responses
Editor Brenda L. Russell Department of Applied Psychology The Pennsylvania State University, Berks Reading, PA, USA
ISBN 978-1-4614-5870-8 ISBN 978-1-4614-5871-5 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-1-4614-5871-5 Springer New York Heidelberg Dordrecht London Library of Congress Control Number: 2012951632 © Springer Science+Business Media New York 2013 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. Exempted from this legal reservation are brief excerpts in connection with reviews or scholarly analysis or material supplied specifically for the purpose of being entered and executed on a computer system, for exclusive use by the purchaser of the work. Duplication of this publication or parts thereof is permitted only under the provisions of the Copyright Law of the Publisher’s location, in its current version, and permission for use must always be obtained from Springer. Permissions for use may be obtained through RightsLink at the Copyright Clearance Center. Violations are liable to prosecution under the respective Copyright Law. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. While the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication, neither the authors nor the editors nor the publisher can accept any legal responsibility for any errors or omissions that may be made. The publisher makes no warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein. Printed on acid-free paper Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)
Acknowledgments
There are many people to thank for their contributions to this book. First, I am grateful to Katherine Chabalko, associate editor at Springer, for approaching me with the idea for this book, supporting the project, and being there to help. I am especially thankful for the authors in this book who dedicated their expertise on each topic and made this book possible. Their work and dedication helped to provide multidisciplinary, evidence-based perspectives that can be helpful to researchers, scholars, practitioners, legal actors, and educators who aim to understand theory, etiology, and empirical research regarding female violence. In particular, I would like to thank each author who contributed original works in the area of female violence.
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