| Casualties Of Community Disorder: Women's Careers In Violent Crime Contributor(s): Baskin, Deborah (Author), Sommers, Ira (Author) |
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ISBN: 0813329949 ISBN-13: 9780813329949 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $61.70 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 1997 Annotation: Criminal justice scholars Deborah Baskin and Ira Sommers draw on census data, analyses of political and economic changes, street drug and criminal subculture, and ethnographic observations to examine the career patterns of female violent offenders and the relationships of these women to family members and their communities. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Criminology - Social Science | Sociology - General |
| Dewey: 364.374 |
| LCCN: 97030633 |
| Lexile Measure: 1210 |
| Series: Crime and Society |
| Physical Information: 0.52" H x 5.93" W x 8.95" (0.61 lbs) 206 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book provides a detailed account of the criminal careers of 170 women who committed violent street crimes in New York City, describing their entry into criminal activities, their development into persistent street criminals, and, for some, their eventual transition out of street crime. |