Naming oneself criminal: Gender difference in offenders' identity negotiation

International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 194-209

  Geiger, Brenda ^a   Fischer, Michael ^b  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b PITTSBURG STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Accounts; Attributions; Gender differences; Offenders

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANOMIA; APATHY; ARTICLE; COMPETENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERVIEW; MALE; MATERNAL DEPRIVATION; MENTAL DISEASE; OFFENDER; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PERCEPTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROSTITUTION; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; FATHERS; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; MOTHERS; NEGOTIATING; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PREJUDICE; PRISONERS; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL CONFORMITY; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SOCIALIZATION; STEREOTYPING;

EID: 14944385588     PISSN: 0306624X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0306624X04270552     Document Type: Article

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