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(<p> Gender and Crime is an exceptionally strong collection that focuses on the deep intersection of criminological theory and gendered violence. Through multiple lenses of sociological inquiry, this volume gifts us with a wealth of new perspectives on gendered violence. <br>)-(Jeffrey Fagan), (co-editor of The Changing Borders of Juvenile Justice: Transfer of Adolescents to the Criminal Court )

<p> The overall quality of this collection is excellent. <br>

The overall quality of this collection is excellent. -Criminal Justice Review Relying on recent work by a virtual who's who in the study of gender and crime, this book does exactly what is needed to significantly advance our thinking about the structure of the gender-crime nexus. --Valerie Jenness, coauthor of Making Hate a Crime: From Social Movement to Law Enforcement Gender and Crime is an exceptionally strong collection that focuses on the deep intersection of criminological theory and gendered violence. Through multiple lenses of sociological inquiry, this volume gifts us with a wealth of new perspectives on gendered violence. --Jeffrey Fagan, co-editor of The Changing Borders of Juvenile Justice: Transfer of Adolescents to the Criminal Court

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Karen Heimer is Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Iowa. Karen Heimer is Professor of Sociology and Criminology, Collegiate Fellow in the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences, and Distinguished Research Fellow of the Public Policy Center at the University of Iowa. She is the co-editor of Gender and Crime: Patterns in Victimization and Offending (NYUP 2005). Candace Kruttschnitt is in the Department of Sociology at the University of Toronto and is the co-author of Marking Time in the Golden State: Women's Imprisonment in California.

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