Crime, prostitution, drugs, and malingered insanity: Female offenders' resistant strategies to abuse and domination

International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 582-594

  Geiger, Brenda ^a  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Deconstruction; Female; Offender; Passivity; Resistance strategy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRIME; DRUG ABUSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALINGERING; MENTAL DISEASE; OFFENDER; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PROSTITUTION; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SOCIAL STATUS; STEREOTYPY;

ADULT; CRIME; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALINGERING; MENTAL DISORDERS; PROSTITUTION; SELF-INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 33748204537     PISSN: 0306624X     EISSN: 15526933     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0306624X05282890     Document Type: Article

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