Gender, Heterosexuality, and Youth Violence: The Struggle for Recognition

by James W. Messerschmidt and James W. Messerschmidt University of Southern Maine Portland; author of Hegemonic Masculinities a

Book Overview

Gender, Heterosexuality, and Youth Violence explores why some boys and girls engage in assaultive or sexual violence while others do not. Acclaimed criminologist James W. Messerschmidt shares six compelling life histories of boys and girls to address the relationship among gender, heterosexuality, violence, and non-violence.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 144221371X
• ISBN13: 9781442213715
• Release Date: March 2012
• Publisher: Globe Pequot Publishing Group Inc/Bloomsbury
• Length: 218 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.9" x 8.9"
• Age Range: 18 to 22 years
• Grade Range: Postsecondary