Gender and crime

Annual Review of Sociology

Volumn 39, Issue , 2013, Pages 291-308

  Kruttschnitt, Candace ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Criminological theory; Female offending; Feminist research

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880523405     PISSN: 03600572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-soc-071312-145605     Document Type: Article

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