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Contents Acknowledgments 00 Introduction 1 1. Blurred Boundaries and the Complexities of Experience 00 2. Irreconcilable Differences: Women's Encounters with the Criminal Processing System 00 3. Negotiating Surreality 00 4. The Social Reproduction of Women's Pain 000 5. Demonic Angels?: Violence against Abusers 000 6. Angelic Demons?: Crimes of Complicity 000 Epilogue 000 appendixes Appendix A. Pseudonym, Race/Ethnicity, Chargers, Relationship to Victim(s), and Role in Offense 000 Appendix B. Abuse of Drugs and Alcohol 000 Appendix C. Women Who Killed Their Husbands/Partners 000 Appendix D. Context of Violence against Husbands/Partners 000 Appendix E. Prior Police Involvement, Children, Work, Abused as Child, and Parental Absence 000 Appendix F. Women Who Committed Crimes against Others 000 Appendix G. A Note on Method 000 Notes 000 References 000 Index 000
Library of Congress Subject Headings for this publication:
Female offenders.
Women -- Crimes against.
Female offenders -- United States -- Case studies.
Abused women -- United States -- Case studies.
Sex discrimination in criminal justice administration -- United States.