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Confronting the gendered realities of extreme sex crimes

By Douglas A. Berman

Most serious observers of the criminal justice system surely recognize how dramatically "gendered" much criminal offending tends to be ? i.e., the vast majority of serious criminal offenders are men, and many female offenders get involved in crimes because of, or through, their relationship to men.  Nevertheless, these gendered realities are not often broadly discussed or debated.  But, as this new Sacremento Bee article highlights, the high-profile Garrido case is prompting new discussions of these matters.  The piece is headlined "Women's role in sex crimes resurfaces as issue," and here is how it starts: Charlene Williams of Sacramento lured six teenage girls and four young adults to their deaths as her husband demanded the perfect "sex slave...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on September 07, 2009 (boomark / email).