Prosecutorial perspectives on gender-bias hate crimes

Violence Against Women

Volumn 11, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1162-1185

  McPhail, Beverly A ^a   DiNitto, Diana M ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c Graduate School of Social Work ^*

Author keywords

Gender bias hate crime; Hate crime; Prosecutors; Violence against women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BATTERED WOMAN; CRIMINAL LAW; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; FEMALE; HATE; HUMAN; LAW ENFORCEMENT; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOCIAL PROBLEM; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STANDARD; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S HEALTH; WOMEN'S RIGHTS;

ADULT; BATTERED WOMEN; CRIMINAL LAW; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; FEMALE; HATE; HUMANS; LAW ENFORCEMENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREJUDICE; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOCIAL PROBLEMS; TEXAS; WOMEN'S HEALTH; WOMEN'S RIGHTS;

EID: 23844476774     PISSN: 10778012     EISSN: 15528448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077801205277086     Document Type: Article

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