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Peer reviewedWright, Richard A. – Teaching Sociology, 1995
Reports on a study of the depiction of women in 54 college criminology textbooks published between 1956 and 1992. Finds that, although recent textbooks have made important strides about discussing women as victims, they say far less about women's ability to resist oppression by words and deeds. (CFR)
Descriptors: Aggression, Crime, Criminology, Females
Peer reviewedFelson, Richard B. – American Sociologist, 1991
Criticizes the use of blame analysis rather than scientific analysis in sociological studies. Defines blame analysis as an approach to social science that (1) evaluates theories according to the extent that they blame protected groups; (2) equates cause with blame; (3) and rejects theoretical arguments that posit any causal role for the protected…
Descriptors: Attribution Theory, Battered Women, Causal Models, Evaluation Methods
