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Direct linkHunnicutt, Gwen; Broidy, Lisa M. – Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency, 2004
This study reconceptualizes and tests liberation and economic marginality hypotheses as complementary explanations for female offending patterns. Both explanations are relevant in explaining female crime, but need to be reframed as interacting forces not opposing theories. It is suggested that economic marginality is in part a consequence of…
Descriptors: Employment Level, Crime, Least Squares Statistics, Student Needs
