UP IT UP: GENDER AND THE ACCOMPLISHMENT OF STREET ROBBERY*

摘要: Attempts to understand women's participation in violence have been plagued by a tendency either overemphasize gender differences or downplay the significance of gender. The goal this research is reconcile these approaches through an examination experiences female and male street robbers urban setting. Based on in-depth interviews with active offenders, study compares men's accounts why they commit robbery, as well how organizes commission crime. suggests that while women men articulate similar motives for their enactment crime strikingly different—a reflection, part, practical choices make context gender-stratified