A new look at the gender gap in offending

Women and Criminal Justice

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 171-190

  Rennison, Callie Marie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Age; Convergence; Divergence; Gender; Gender gap; National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS); Race; Violent offending

Indexed keywords

EID: 70649097021     PISSN: 08974454     EISSN: 15410323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08974450903001461     Document Type: Article

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