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‘She’s White and She’s Hot, So She Can’t Be Guilty’: Female Criminality, Penal Spectatorship, and White Protectionism

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Pages 160-177 | Received 31 Jul 2013, Accepted 10 Mar 2014, Published online: 23 Apr 2015

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