Trends in the gender gap in violent offending: New evidence from the national crime victimization survey

Criminology

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 361-399

  Lauritsen, Janet L ^a   Heimer, Karen ^b   Lynch, James P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c JOHN JAY COLLEGE OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Arrest data; Gender gap; NCVS; Offending trends; Violent crime trends

Indexed keywords

EID: 65949095223     PISSN: 00111384     EISSN: 17459125     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-9125.2009.00149.x     Document Type: Article

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