From victims to survivors to offenders: Women's routes of entry and immersion into street crime.
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This study explore the patterns by which women enter into criminal activities by drawing upon in-depth life history interviews with a sample of 20 incarcerated women. The author constructs a conceptual framework for understanding the progression from victim to survivor to offender in the subjects life histories. This framework shows that the best available options for escape from physical and sexual violence are often survival strategies which are criminal: i.e., running away from home, use of drugs, and the illegal street work required to survive as a runaway.
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Effects, Behavior, Abuse-sexual -- physical, Abuse-sexual -- emotional, Abuse-sexual, Resilience, Victimization