Gender and Crime

Name: Gender and Crime
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ISBN: 9781412911993

ISBN-10: 1412911990

ISBN-13: 9781412911993

Edition: 2008

Authors: Marisa Silvestri, Chris Crowther-Dowey

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The text provides a much needed concise and comprehensive critical introduction to debates about the complex relationship between gender and crime. Bringing together both feminist and masculinist perspectives, the book is a 'one stop shop' for gaining knowledge and understanding of the field of gender and crime as a whole. In addition to offering an overview of key themes and issues, Silvestri and Crowther-Dowey breathe new life into existing and well-rehearsed debates by considering the usefulness of drawing on a human rights discourse for making sense of gender, crime and criminal justice. In re-thinking the experiences of women and men as offenders, victims and criminal justice…

Book details

List price: $61.00
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: SAGE Publications, Limited
Publication date: 4/14/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 272
Size: 6.69" wide x 9.53" long x 0.55" tall
Weight: 1.034
Language: English

CHRIS CROWTHERis Senior Lecturer in Social Policy at Sheffield Hallam University.ALLYSON MACVEANis Senior Lecturer in Criminology and Policing at Buckinghamshire Chilterns University College.



Introduction: New Approaches to Understanding Gender and Crime



Out of Control


Women as Offenders


Men as Offenders



Losing Control


Women as Victims


Men as Victims



In Control


Gender and Criminal Justice Workers


The Criminal Justice System


A Gendered Site


Conclusions