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16 Women & Crim. Just. 1 (2005)

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           The   Representation of Females

             in  Criminological Research:

         A   Content Analysis of American

             and British Journal Articles

                         Lorine A.  Hughes




     ABSTRACT. Content analysis   of criminological research articles pub-
     lished in various American and Britishjournals between 1895 and 1997 is
     used to assess concerns about the representation of females in the study
     of crime and delinquency. Findings reveal a severe and long-term
     underrepresentation of females in criminological research. This appears
     to be related to the tendency of numerically dominant male researchers
     to focus on male subjects. However, research on and about females has
     not been conducted primarily by female researchers nor has the focus of
     such research been mainly on such a female offense as prostitution.
     Implications of these findings are discussed. [Article copies available for a
     feefrom The Haworth Document Delivery Service: 1-800-HAWORTH. E-mail address:
     <docdelivery@haworthpress.com> Website: <http./ww.aworthPress.com> @ 2005
     by The Haworth Press, Inc. All rights reserved.]


     KEYWORDS. Feminist critique,  female representation, sex bias, women
     and criminology


   Since the 1960s, feminist scholars have pointed to several shortcom-
ings of the collective work of criminologists. Their assessments, which

  Lorine A. Hughes, PhD, is Assistant Professor, University of Nebraska at Omaha,
Department of Criminal Justice, 323 Nebraska Hall, Lincoln, NE 68588-0561.
               Women  & Criminal Justice, Vol. 16(1/2) 2005
          Available online at http://www.haworthpress.com/web/WCJ
            @ 2005 by The Haworth Press, Inc. All rights reserved.
              Digital Object Identifier: 10.1300/J12v16n01_01      1

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