Girls and violence: The case for a feminist theory of female violence

International Journal for Crime, Justice and Social Democracy

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 63-79

  Carrington, Kerry ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Female delinquency; Female violence; Feminist criminology; Narrowing gender gap

Indexed keywords

EID: 84941354885     PISSN: 22027998     EISSN: 22028005     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5204/ijcjsd.v2i2.101     Document Type: Article

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