Gender & crime
Marisa Silvestri, Chris Crowther-Dowey
This text provides a much-needed, comprehensive critical introduction to debates about the 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. Read more... Women as Offenders -- Men as offenders -- Women as victims -- Men as victims -- Gender and criminal justice workers -- The criminal justice system: a gendered site -- Conclusions
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Año:
2008
Editorial:
SAGE
Idioma:
english
Páginas:
273
ISBN 10:
1849204861
ISBN 13:
9781849204866
Serie:
Key approaches to criminology
Archivo:
PDF, 1.47 MB
IPFS:
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english, 2008