"I'll come back and stalk you": Contradictions of advocacy and research for women criminologists

Women and Criminal Justice

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 19-36

  Presser, Lois ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Activism; Capital punishment; Gender; Masculinity; Research

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548524152     PISSN: 08974454     EISSN: 15410323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J012v17n04_02     Document Type: Article

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