Nine Lives: Adolescent Masculinities, The Body And Violence

by James Messerschmidt

Overview

Sociologists and criminologists have long known that there is a relationship between masculinity and crime, for gender has been advanced consistently as the strongest predictor of criminal involvement. Nine Lives, written by one of the most respected authorities on the subject of gender and crime, provides a fascinating account of the connection am

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780429721649
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	04/05/2019
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	170
File size:	486 KB

About the Author

James W. Messerschmidt is Professor of Sociology in the Criminology Department at the University of Southern Maine. He is the author of The Trial of Leonard Peltier (1983), Capitalism, Patriarchy, and Crime (1986), Masculinities and Crime (1993), Crime as Structured Action (1997), and Criminology (3rd ed.) with Piers Beirne (2000).

Table of Contents

Introduction -- Sam, John, and Zack -- Hugh, Perry, and Lenny -- From Predisposition to Violent Event -- Jerry, Dennis, and Alan -- Nonviolence and Social Change