Women, crime, and criminal justice

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Women, crime, and criminal justice

Allison Morris

B. Blackwell, 1987

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Bibliography: p. [217]-248

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ISBN 9780631154440

Description

Studies of crime and criminology have traditionally focused on men, while women have either been overlooked or discussed only briefly and in stereotypical ways. Allison Morris' book considers all aspects of women and crime, scrutinizing the conventional accounts of women's criminality and the validity of mainstream criminological theories for women. Examining the roles of all women involved in crime and criminal justice - defendants and prisoners, victims and criminal justice professionals - she considers how far stereotypical conceptions of the roles of women affect responses to them in the criminal justice system. Dr Morris shows that an understanding of women's crime is of fundamental significance for criminology. This work should be of interest to students of criminology and women's studies.

Table of Contents

  • 1. Criminology in women
  • 2. Gender differences in crime
  • 3. Theories of womens crime
  • 4. Women in the criminal justice system
  • 5. Women in prison
  • 6. Women as criminal justice professionals
  • 7. Women as victims
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: pbk ISBN 9780631154457

Description

Studies of crime in criminology have traditionally been concerned with the activities and interests of men, while women have either not been considered at all or have been discussed only in stereotypical ways. Women, Crime and Criminal Justice demonstrates the limitations of such an approach. This comprehensive and incisive text examines all aspects of women in crime, reappraising conventional accounts of women's criminality and the validity of mainstream criminological theories for women. The author argues that stereotypical images of women have been used to explain both women's lack of criminal behaviour and the nature and extent of their criminality. They are also employed to account for both responses to female offenders and female victims in the criminal justice system and the kind of work thought appropriate for women there. Allison Morris critically examines the way in which these attitudes and conceptions of women's social roles affect their position within the criminal justice system, and highlights the special problems women experience there. Focusing on women as defendants and prisoners, as victims and criminal justice professionals, Dr Morris shows that an understanding of women's crime is of fundamental significance of criminology. This book will be an important addition to the literature on crime, as both a correction of and a complement to the criminology of men.

Table of Contents

  • 1. Criminology in women
  • 2. Gender differences in crime
  • 3. Theories of womens crime
  • 4. Women in the criminal justice system
  • 5. Women in prison
  • 6. Women as criminal justice professionals
  • 7. Women as victims

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