Title Victims as offenders : the paradox of women's violence in relationships / Susan L. Miller.

Publication Info.	New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, [2005]
	©2005

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Description	1 online resource (xiv, 175 pages).
	data file rda
Series	Critical issues in crime and society
	Critical issues in crime and society.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 155-167) and index.
Contents	Introduction -- Prior research findings and controversies -- Background : site, data, methods and program philosophy -- The police ride-along study -- Hearing from criminal justice professionals and social service providers -- A day in the life : inside a female offender's treatment group -- "Violent" women : motivations and context -- Summary : the findings and their policy implication.
Note	Print version record.
Summary	Annotation Draws on data from a study of police behaviour in the field, interviews with criminal justice professionals and social service providers, and participant observations of female offender programs. Offering critical analysis of the theoretical assumptions, this book unveils a reality that looks different from what statistics on domestic violence imply.
Local Note	EBSCOhost SocINDEX with Full Text
Subject	Family violence.
	Victims of family violence.
	Abused women.
	Female offenders.
	FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS -- Abuse -- Elder Abuse.
	FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS -- Abuse -- Domestic Partner Abuse.
	SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Sociology -- General.
	Abused women. (OCoLC)fst00794870
	Family violence. (OCoLC)fst00920540
	Female offenders. (OCoLC)fst00922629
	Victims of family violence. (OCoLC)fst01166326
	Gewaltdelikt.
	Geschlechtsunterschied.
	Häusliche Gewalt.
	Frau.
Indexed Term	Domestic violence
	Police and domestic violence
	Criminal justice system analysis
	Female offenders
	Abused women
	Victims
	Violent women
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
Other Form:	Print version: Miller, Susan L. Victims as offenders. New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, ©2005 0813536707 0813536715 (DLC) 2005002573 (OCoLC)57564686
ISBN	0813537762 (electronic book)
	9780813537764 (electronic book)
Standard No.	9780813536705
	9780813536712
ISBN	9780813536712
	0813536715
	9780813536705
	0813536707
	0813536707
	9780813536705
	0813536715
	9780813536712

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