From invisible to incorrigible: The demonization of marginalized women and girls

Crime, Media, Culture

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 29-47

  Chesney Lind, Meda ^a   Eliason, Michele ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Female violence; Girls' aggression; Lesbians; Masculinity; Masculinization

Indexed keywords

EID: 40549094919     PISSN: 17416590     EISSN: 17416604     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1741659006061709     Document Type: Article

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