Criminology at the crossroads : feminist readings in crime and justice
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Criminology at the crossroads : feminist readings in crime and justice
（Readings in crime and punishment）
Oxford University Press, c1998
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Available at 10 libraries
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Includes bibliographical references
Description and Table of Contents
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: cl. ISBN 9780195113433
Description
This anthology contains works in criminology and law by feminist scholars, including Carol Smart, Kristin Bumiller, Hilary Allen, Meda Chesney-Lind, Kathleen Ferraro and Regina Austin. Themes include the construction of women in feminist, legal and criminological discourses; the blurred boundaries of victimization and criminalization; masculinities and violence; and intersections of class, race and gender. Daly and Maher's introduction gives a brief overview of the field, past and present, and analyzes shifts in feminist thinking from the 1970s to the 1990s.
Table of Contents
- Kathleen Daly and Lisa Maher, crossroads and intersections - building from feminist critique. Part I Women of feminist, legal, and criminological discourses: Carol Smart, the woman of legal discourse
- Kristen Bumiller, fallen angels - the representation of violence against women in legal culture
- Hilary Allen, rendering them harmless - the professional portrayal of women charged with serious violent crimes
- Kerry Carrington, postmodernism and feminist criminolgies - disconnecting discourses?. Part II Blurred boundaries of victimization and criminalization: Karen A. Joe and Meda Chesney-Lind, "just every mother's angel" - an analysis of gender and ethnic variations in youth gang membership
- Lisa Maher and Richard Curtis, women on the edge of crime - crack cocaine and the changing contexts of street-level sex work in New York City
- Kathleen Daly, women's pathways to felony court - feminist theories of lawbreaking and problems of representation. Part III Masculinities and violence: Patricia Yancey Martin and Robert A. Hummer, fraternities and rape on campus
- Joyce E. Canaan, is "doing nothing" just boys' play? - integrating feminist and cultural studies perspectives on working-class young men's masculinity
- Kenneth Polk, masculinity, honour and confrontational homicide. Part IV Crossroads and intersections of class-race-gender, politics and justice: Kathleen J. Ferraro, policing women battering
- Sherene Razack, what is to be gained by looking white people in the eye? - culture, race, and gender in cases of sexual violence
- Laureen Snider, feminism, punishment, and the potential of empowerment
- Regina Austin, "the black community", its lawbreakers, and a politics of identification.
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: paper ISBN 9780195113440
Description
This anthology contains key works in criminology and law by well-known feminist scholars, including Carol Smart, Kristin Bumiller, Hilary Allen, Meda Chesney-Lind, Kathleen Ferraro, and Regina Austin. Themes include the construction of women in feminist, legal and criminological discourses; the blurred boundaries of victimization and criminalization; masculinities and violence; and intersections of class-race-gender. Daly and Maher's introduction gives a brief overview of the field, past and present, and analyses shifts in feminist thinking from the 1970s to the 1990s.
Table of Contents
- 1. Crossroads and Intersections: Building from feminist critique
- PART I WOMEN OF FEMINIST, LEGAL, AND CRIMINOLOGICAL DISCOURSES
- 2. The woman of legal discourse
- 3. Fallen angels: the representation of violence against women in legal culture
- 4. Rendering them harmless: the professional portrayal of women charged with serious violent crimes
- 5. Postmodernism and feminist criminolgies: disconnecting discourses?
- PART II BLURRED BOUNDARIES OF VICTIMIZATION AND CRIMINALIZATION
- 6. "Just every mother's angel": an analysis of gender and ethnic variations in youth gang membership
- 7. Women on the edge of crime: crack cocaine and the changing contexts of street-level sex work in New York City
- 8. Women's pathways to felony court: feminist theories of lawbreaking and problems of representation
- PART III MASCULINITIES AND VIOLENCE
- 9. Fraternities and rape on campus
- 10. Is "doing nothing" just boys' play? Integrating feminist and cultural studies perspectives on working-class young men's masculinity
- 11. Masculinity, honour, and confrontational homicide
- PART IV CROSSROADS AND INTERSECTIONS OF CLASS-RACE-GENDER, POLITICS, AND JUSTICE
- 12. Policing woman battering
- 13. What is to be gained by looking white people in the eye? Culture, race, and gender in cases of sexual violence
- 14. Feminism, punishment, and the potential of empowerment
- 15. "The black community," its lawbreakers, and a politics of identification
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