The narrowing gender gap in arrests: Assessing competing explanations using self-report, traffic fatality, and official data on drunk driving, 1980-2004

Criminology

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 637-671

  Schwartz, Jennifer ^a   Rookey, Bryan D ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Crime rates; Drunk driving DUI; Female criminals; Legal arrest; Methodology; Sex differences; Social change; Social control; Trends

Indexed keywords

EID: 52049095457     PISSN: 00111384     EISSN: 17459125     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-9125.2008.00121.x     Document Type: Review

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