Gender and crime : an introduction

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Gender and crime : an introduction

Sandra Walklate

Prentice Hall/Harvester Wheatsheaf, 1995

  • : pbk

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 194-205) and index

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Description

This introduction to gender issues in crime and criminal justice is wide ranging, looking at both offenders and victims, the workings of the criminal justice and penal systems and the social context for crime.

Table of Contents

The Woman and Crime Question. Criminality, Victiminology and Feminism. Women as Knowers and the Fear of Crime Debate. Gendering Sexual Violence. Gendering of Police Work. Gender, the Law and Punishment. Gendering the Criminal. Conclusion: Politics, Gender and Criminal Justice Policy.

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