| Description |
1 online resource (262 pages) |
| Series |
Key approaches to criminology |
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Key approaches to criminology
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| Contents |
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 |
| Summary |
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 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-251) and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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English |
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Print version record |
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digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
| Subject |
Crime -- Sociological aspects.
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Crime -- Sex differences.
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Sex discrimination in criminal justice administration.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Criminology.
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Crime -- Sex differences.
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Crime -- Sociological aspects.
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Sex discrimination in criminal justice administration.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Crowther-Dowey, Chris
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| ISBN |
9781849204866 |
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1849204861 |
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9781446212721 |
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1446212726 |
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1473903025 |
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9781473903029 |
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9786612119132 |
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6612119136 |
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1282119133 |
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9781282119130 |
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