Research Catalog

Title

Gender and crime : an introduction / Sandra Walklate.

Author

Walklate, Sandra.

Publication

London ; New York : Prentice Hall/Harvester Wheatsheaf, 1995.

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Details

Description

ix, 212 p.; 22 cm.

Summary

"Gender and Crime is a new textbook designed to introduce students to issues of gender in crime and criminal justice. It deals with a wide range of topics, looking at both offenders and victims, the workings of the criminal justice and penal systems and the social context for crime. These issues are examined with reference to the recent debates on masculinity as well as those relating to women and crime." "In conclusion, the book reviews the significance of gender in crime." "Gender and Crime is a timely re-examination of gender and criminal justice written in a style and format accessible to students of criminology, the sociology of crime and deviance, gender studies, social policy and police studies."--Jacket.

Subject

• Sex discrimination in criminal justice administration > Great Britain
• Women > Crimes against > Great Britain
• Female offenders > Great Britain
• Policewomen > Great Britain
• Fear of crime > Great Britain
• Feminist theory > Great Britain

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Introduction: women and crime -- 1. Criminology, victimology and feminism -- 2. Women as 'knowers' and the 'fear of crime' debate -- 3. Gendering sexual violence -- 4. Gendering policework -- 5. Gendering criminal justice policy: law and penality -- 6. Gendering the criminal: masculinity and crime, a new equation for criminology? -- Conclusion: gender, crime and politics.

ISBN

0134334590 (pbk.)

LCCN

^^^95006961^

OCLC

32089973

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library