Gender, crime and terrorism

British Journal of Criminology

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 670-689

  Berko, Anat ^b   Erez, Edna ^a   Globokar, Julie L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b INTERDISCIPLINARY CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Arab Palestinian women; Crime; Family honour; Imprisonment; Israel; Terrorism

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952469324     PISSN: 00070955     EISSN: 14643529     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bjc/azq013     Document Type: Article

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