Patriarchy, Crime, and Justice: Feminist Criminology in an Era of Backlash

feminist criminology

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 6-26

  Chesney Lind, Meda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

backlash; feminist criminology; vengeful equity

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745324785     PISSN: 15570851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1557085105282893     Document Type: Article

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