Gender-role identity and hypermasculinity in violent offending

Psychology, Crime and Law

Volumn 15, Issue 2-3, 2009, Pages 251-268

  Beesley, Francis ^a   McGuire, James ^b  

^a CHESHIRE AND WIRRAL PARTNERSHIP NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gender role identity; Masculinity; Prisoners; Property crime; Self discrepancy; Self image; Violence

Indexed keywords

EID: 69749091085     PISSN: 1068316X     EISSN: 14772744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10683160802190988     Document Type: Article

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