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MALE CRIME AND DEVIANCE seeks to explore in-depth the types of offenses most identified with and committed by males, dynamics of male crime, characteristics of male offenders, how male criminality and delinquency compare with and differ from female delinquent and criminal behavior, explanations for male crime, and efforts at combating crime in this country. Particular attention is given to exploring the relationship between male aggression and masculinity, as well as the role that testosterone and other biological factors play in male crime and violence. The book also focuses on the correlations between male violence and aggressive behavior and firearms, violence involving intimates, male sexual violence, bias crimes, workplace violence, terrorism, male perpetrated sexual offenses, youth gang crime, and school violence. These areas of male criminality and deviance are examined within the context of all male offending, arrest, self- report, and inmate data, along with criminological theoretical approaches to understanding the causes and related factors of male deviant behavior. The book is written primarily for undergraduate and graduate level students for coursework in criminal justice, criminology, male aggression, violent behavior, homicide, youth studies, gang studies, delinquency, law, law enforcement, sociology, social science, psychology, biology, and related areas of study. However, it is appropriate as well for academicians, social scientists, psychologists, law officers, medical workers, and a general readership with a vested interest in antisocial behavior and its implications on the greater society.
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MALE CRIME AND DEVIANCE MALE CRIME AND DEVIANCE Exploring Its Causes, Dynamics, and Nature By R. BARRI FLOWERS Published and Distributed Throughout the World by CHARLES C THOMAS • PUBLISHER, LTD. 2600 South First Street Springfield, Illinois 62704 This book is protected by copyright. No part of it may be reproduced in any manner without written permission from the publisher. ©2003 by CHARLES C THOMAS • PUBLISHER, LTD. ISBN 0-398-07400-3 (hard) ISBN 0-398-07401-1 (paper) Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 2003040179 With THOMAS BOOKS careful attention is given to all details of manufacturing and design. It is the Publisher’s desire to present books that are satisfactory as to their physical qualities and artistic possibilities and appropriate for their particular use. THOMAS BOOKS will be true to those laws of quality that assure a good name and good will. Printed in the United States of America SR-R-3 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Flowers, Ronald B. Male crime and deviance : exploring its causes, dynamics, and nature / by R. Barri Flowers. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-398-07400-3 (hard) -- ISBN 0-398-07401-1 (pbk.) 1. Criminal behavior. 2. Violence in men. 3. Crime--United States. I. Title. HV6080F56 2003 364′.081′0973--dc21 2003040179 To the future study of crime, criminals, and victims. And to my parents, Johnnie Sr. and Marjah Al, along with my partner in life, love, and happiness, H. Loraine. PREFACE erious and violent crime has seen a recent rise in this country. This is attributed to, among other things, a depressed economy, the release of more prisoners back into society, access to firearms, and the growth in the teenage population—typically the age group responsible for much of the crime. A number of highly publicized intrafamilial homicides, mass murders, terrorist attacks, and school shootings have further put the focus squarely on crime and violence, prevention, ways to identify offenders, and tough new laws in getting criminals off the street. Males are primarily responsible for the vast majority of serious crimes. This is reflected in arrest