This book is a comprehensive and critical introduction to the field of gender and crime, re-thinking the key themes and debates within a human rights framework.
Integrating empirical, theoretical and policy-related material, this Second Edition has been significantly updated, and now includes;
- Full consideration of the 2010-2015 Coalition Government and its effect on gender and crime within England and Wales
- A new chapter relating criminological theory to gender and crime
- A new chapter discussing the history of gender and crime
- A new chapter analysing contemporary issues in gender and crime in a globalised world
- Fully updated learning features including; Chapter Overviews, Key Words, Study Questions, Chapter Summaries, Key Further Readings and a Glossary.
Gender and Crime: A Human Rights Approach is essential reading for students studying criminology, sociology, social policy and gender studies.
€49.99
Inhoudsopgave
Chapter 1: IntroductionPART 1: Gender & Crime in Context
Chapter 2: Theorising Gender and Crime
Chapter 3: Gender, Crime and History
Chapter 4: Contemporary Issues in Gender and Crime in a Globalised World
PART 2: Out of Control
Chapter 5: Women as Offenders
Chapter 6: Men as Offenders
PART 3: In Need of Care
Chapter 7: Women as Victims
Chapter 8: Men as Victims
PART 4: In Control
Chapter 9: Gender and Criminal Justice Workers
Chapter 10: The Criminal Justice System: A Gendered Site
Glossary
References
Over de auteur
Chris Crowther-Dowey, is Senior Lecturer in Criminology in the School of Social Sciences at Nottingham Trent University. Chris Crowther-Dowey is the co-author (with Marisa Silvestri, University of Kent) of Gender and Crime (a third edition is in the process of being written to be published by Sage), and author/co-author of a range of other books, articles and research reports. His scholarly and curricular interests include policing, gender based violence, criminal justice policy making and criminological theory. For more than 20 years, he has taught courses in criminology, sociology and social policy at both undergraduate and postgraduate level. Currently, he is lecturing on Policing and Criminological Research in Practice at Nottingham Trent University. Chris has a Ph D in the social sciences from the University of Sheffield, and master’s and bachelor’s degrees covering the areas of sociology, social policy and criminology.Koop dit e-boek en ontvang er nog 1 GRATIS!
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