Casualties of community disorder
Subtitle: women's careers in violent crime
By: Deborah R. Baskin and Ira B. Sommers.
Contributors: Sommers, Ira Brant.
Series: Crime & society; Crime & society (Boulder, Colo.)
Publisher: Westview Press
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Boulder, CO
Language: eng
Number of pages: 192
Subjects: Female offenders -- United States; Violent crimes -- United States; Women -- United States -- Social conditions; Women -- Drug use -- United States
Description: Unlike the outcry over street crime committed by males, concerns about women and violence have centered primarily on their roles as victims of sexual and physical violence committed by strangers and by males in intimate relationships. Rarely is violence by women considered in the development or testing of theories of aggression.

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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 159-181) and index.