Nine Lives

Adolescent Masculinities, The Body And Violence
1. Auflage 2019
ISBN: 978-0-367-00752-2
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 170 Seiten, Format (B × H): 146 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 472 g

Sociologists and criminologists have long known that there is a relationship between masculinity and crime, for gender has been advanced consistently as the strongest predictor of criminal involvement. Nine Lives, written by one of the most respected authorities on the subject of gender and crime, provides a fascinating account of the connection a

Autoren/Hrsg.

Messerschmidt, James

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction -- Sam, John, and Zack -- Hugh, Perry, and Lenny -- From Predisposition to Violent Event -- Jerry, Dennis, and Alan -- Nonviolence and Social Change

Über Autor(innen)

James W. Messerschmidt is Professor of Sociology in the Criminology Department at the University of Southern Maine. He is the author of The Trial of Leonard Peltier (1983), Capitalism, Patriarchy, and Crime (1986), Masculinities and Crime (1993), Crime as Structured Action (1997), and Criminology (3rd ed.) with Piers Beirne (2000).