Compelled to Crime | The Gender Entrapment of Battered, Black Women |

Book

Compelled to Crime

ABSTRACT

First published in 1996. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

chapter 1|15 pages

Introduction

chapter 2|15 pages

Life Histories

Listening to the Women’s Stories

chapter 3|38 pages

Gender-Identity Development

“Growing up as a Black girl was hard, but good.”

chapter 4|32 pages

Trapped by Violence

“Just trying to deal with the force of his blows”

chapter 5|31 pages

Six Paths to Crime

“I was running, dealing, robbing, and stealing.”

chapter 6|27 pages

The Story of Gender Entrapment

Considering the Context

chapter 7|6 pages

Conclusion