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Women offenders' narratives of violent crime
This study addressed this lacuna in the research literature by examining the subjective accounts of women incarcerated for violent crime. By locating itself within a postructuralist framework, this study investigated the meaning which women attributed to their perpetration. It examined the identitie...
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| author | Africa, Adelene |
| author2 | Foster, Don |
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| description | This study addressed this lacuna in the research literature by examining the subjective accounts of women incarcerated for violent crime. By locating itself within a postructuralist framework, this study investigated the meaning which women attributed to their perpetration. It examined the identities which women posited and analysed how they either took up or rejected stereotypical gendered norms. |
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| institution | University of Cape Town (South Africa) |
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| publishDate | 2014 |
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| spelling | oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/10016 Women offenders' narratives of violent crime Africa, Adelene Foster, Don Psychology This study addressed this lacuna in the research literature by examining the subjective accounts of women incarcerated for violent crime. By locating itself within a postructuralist framework, this study investigated the meaning which women attributed to their perpetration. It examined the identities which women posited and analysed how they either took up or rejected stereotypical gendered norms. 2014-12-25T15:57:11Z 2014-12-25T15:57:11Z 2011 Doctoral Thesis Doctoral PhD http://hdl.handle.net/11427/10016 eng application/pdf Department of Psychology Faculty of Humanities University of Cape Town |
| spellingShingle | Psychology Africa, Adelene Women offenders' narratives of violent crime |
| thesis_degree_str | Doctoral |
| title | Women offenders' narratives of violent crime |
| title_full | Women offenders' narratives of violent crime |
| title_fullStr | Women offenders' narratives of violent crime |
| title_full_unstemmed | Women offenders' narratives of violent crime |
| title_short | Women offenders' narratives of violent crime |
| title_sort | women offenders narratives of violent crime |
| topic | Psychology |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/10016 |
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