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The Differential Representation of Women and Men in Crime, Victimization, and the Criminal Justice System

The Gender of Crime. By Dana M. Britton, Lanham, MD, Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., 2011. 184 pp. $24.95 (paperback). ISBN: 978–1442209701

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Jacobsen, S.K. The Differential Representation of Women and Men in Crime, Victimization, and the Criminal Justice System. Sex Roles 66, 293–295 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11199-011-0065-7

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