Neither Angels nor Demons: Women, Crime, and Victimization
She is a victim of intimate partner violence, a woman who has been harmed. She is a criminal offender, a woman who has harmed others. Superficially, it seems she is two separate women. \ "Victim" and "offender" are binary categories used within law, social science, and public discourse to describe social experiences with a moral dimension. Such terms draw upon cultural narratives of good and bad people and have influenced scholarship, public policy, and activism. The duality of "good" and...
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A provocative study of the complex relationship between domestic violence and women's crime.
Acknowledgments Blurred Boundaries and the Complexities of Experience Irreconcilable Differences: Women's Encounters with the Criminal Processing System Negotiating Surreality The Social Reproduction of Women's Pain Demonic Angels?: Violence against Abusers Angelic Demons?: Crimes of Complicity Epilogue appendixes Pseudonym, Race/Ethnicity, Charges, Relationship to Victim(s), and Role in Offense Abuse of Drugs and Alcohol Women Who Killed Their Husbands/Partners Context of Violence against Husbands/Partners Prior Police Involvement, Children, Work, Abused as Child, and Parental Absence Women Who Committed Crimes against Others A Note on Method Notes References Index
\ From the Publisher"A more complete picture of intimate partner violence, helping to shed light on not only the private or the public, but also on how the two are so deeply interconnected. If you want a good analysis and discussion of the contextual, structural, and social forces that underlie domestic violence, then this book is an important one to read."--The Law and Politics Book Review\ "Ferraro makes a substantial contribution . . . This book is engaging, insightful, and invaluable for anyone interested in [domestic violence], or just good, solid, research."--CHOICE\ "Ferraro deftly weaves together research and extensive interviews with women serving lengthy or life sentences for retaliating against physical, sexual, and/or mental abuse at the hands of their boyfriends or husbands."--Women's Review of Books\ "[C]ompelling . . . the book's true strength comes in Ferraro's analysis of the women's narratives and in her ability to link the narratives to larger sociological themes of gender relations, power structures, social reality, violence, and victimization. . . . Ferraro's study thus reminds us that labels can transform complex human experiences into categories that are socially constructed and reinforced and then take on a life of their own, with serious ramifications."--American Journal of Sociology\ \ \
