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Gender, crime, and criminal justice / Sandra Walklate.

Title
Gender, crime, and criminal justice / Sandra Walklate.
Author
Walklate, Sandra.
Publication
Cullompton, Devon, UK ; Portland, Or. : Willan, 2001.

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Description
ix, 201 p.; 24 cm.
Summary
This text provides an introduction to gender issues in crime and criminal justice, central to any understanding of crime and criminal justice policy. It deals with a wide range of issues in criminology and victimology including gendering sexual violence.
Subject
  • Comportement criminel
  • Crime > Sex differences
  • Criminal behavior
  • Criminalité > Différences entre sexes
  • Discrimination dans l'administration de la justice pénale > Grande-Bretagne
  • Feminist theory
  • Peur du crime > Grande-Bretagne
  • Sex discrimination in criminal justice administration
  • Victimes d'actes criminels
  • Victims of crimes
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 188-198) and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Introduction : women and crime or gender and crime -- Criminology, victimology and feminism -- Criminology, victimology and masculinism -- Crime, fear and risk -- Gendering sexual violence -- Gender in policework and the criminal justice process -- Gender, the law, and criminal justice policy -- Conclusion : gender, crime and politics.
ISBN
  • 1903240417
  • 1903240409 (pbk.)
LCCN
^^2001267606
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library