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ASSAULT ON MEN Masculinity and Male Victimization
Elizabeth A Stanko,Kathy Hobdell +1 more
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Theoretical issues about male recipients of violence, about ways to offer support to men who experience violence through an understanding about the context of masculinities in men's lives, and about gender and theorizing in the field of criminology are raised.Abstract:
The purpose of this paper is to present the findings of an exploratory study of how men experience criminally defined physical violence. It places men's responses explicitly within a framework that takes masculinity seriously. This paper concludes by raising theoretical issues about male recipients of violence, about ways to offer support to men who experience violence through an understanding about the context of masculinities in men's lives, and about gender and theorizing in the field of criminology.read more
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Fear of crime: A review of the literature.
TL;DR: The literature on fear of crime has grown rapidly in the last three decades as discussed by the authors, and the reasons for this growth and attempts to put some structure on the work to date are discussed and alternative approaches suggested.
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Place, social relations and the fear of crime: a review
TL;DR: This paper reviewed the literature on fear of crime of interest to the geographical and environmental disciplines, focusing on accounts which link fear with the physical environment, and then on fear, social identity and exclusion.
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VULNERABILITY AND DANGEROUSNESS The Construction of Gender through Conversation about Violence
TL;DR: In this article, the author argues that beliefs about vulnerability and dangerousness are central to conceptions of gender and are constructed and transmitted through conversation, and concludes that these ideas are based on shared beliefs about human bodies, which reinforce the perceived naturalness (and therefore the invisibility) of these ideas.
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Men Behind Bars: Sexual Exploitation in Prison
Wayne S. Wooden,Jay Parker +1 more
TL;DR: The behavior and attitudes of the Homosexuals in Prison are discussed in this paper, with a focus on the behavior, sexual orientation, and ethnicities of the inmates in Prison.
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Male victims of sexual assault
Gillian Mezey,Michael King +1 more
TL;DR: Adult male victims of sexual assault appear to have similar reactions to female victims, but are more stigmatized, may experience greater subsequent anger and guilt, and are even less likely to report the offence than females.