Pathways of Arab/Palestinian women in Israel to crime and imprisonment: An intersectional approach

Feminist Criminology

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 156-194

  Erez, Edna ^a   Berko, Anat ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b INTERDISCIPLINARY CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Arab Palestinian women; Crime; Family honor; Imprisonment; Pathways

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952522500     PISSN: 15570851     EISSN: 1557086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1557085110367742     Document Type: Article

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