Book
The gender of crime
The gender lens series, Rowman & Littlefield, Second edition.
2018
Abstract
"[This book] introduces readers to how gender shapes our understanding of every aspect of crime-from defining what crime is to governing how crime is punished. The second edition...[offers] new material throughout, including increased focus on the intersections of race, class, gender, and sexuality in crime and punishment; more attention to LGBTQ issues; additional coverage of gender and crime on college campuses; and more. This...book illustrates how gender is central to the definition, prosecution, and sentencing of crimes, that it shapes how victimization is experienced and understood, and how it structures the institutions of the criminal justice system and the experiences of workers within that system. [The author] demonstrates that crime, victimization, and crime control are never generic-they are instead produced and experienced by gendered (and raced, and classed, and sexualized) actors within contexts of social inequality. This book highlights key concepts and encourages readers to think through a range of compelling real-life examples, from school violence to corporate crime."--
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Details
- Title
- The gender of crime
- Creators
- Dana M BrittonShannon K JacobsenGrace Howard
- Series
- The gender lens series
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield; Lanham, Maryland
- Edition
- Second edition.
- Number of pages
- viii, 190 pages
- Resource Type
- Book
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Criminology and Justice Studies
- Identifiers
- 1442262214; 9781442262225; 1442262222; 9781442262218; 991020531822104721