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1 online resource (337 pages) |
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Routledge International Handbooks |
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Routledge international handbooks.
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Cover; Routledge International handbook of Crime and gender Studies; Copyright; Contents; List of Illustrations; List of Contributors; Preface; Introduction: Understanding the Relationship Between Gender and Crime: an Introduction to the Routledge International Handbook of Crime and Gender Studies; Section I: Theoretical and Methodological Approaches to the Study of Crime and Gender; 1. Understanding Women, Gender, and Crime: Some Historical and International Developments; Topical Box 1.1: Media, Crime, and Gender; Biographical Box 1.1: Frances Heidensohn |
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2. Moving Research to Practice: Unlikely Partners in the Conduct of Ethical ResearchBiographical Box 2.1: Bonnie S. Fisher; Section II: Gender and Victimization; 3. Theoretical Explanations for Gender Differences in Fear of Crime: Research and Prospects; Topical Box 3.1: Campus Crime; Biographical Box 3.1: Betsy Stanko; 4. At the Intersections: Race, Gender and Violence; Topical Box 4.1: Gender-motivated Hate Crimes; Biographical Box 4.1: Susan Caringella; 5. The Gendered Nature of Violence: an International Focus; Topical Box 5.1: Militarism and Violence Against Women |
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Biographical Box 5.1: Julie Stubbs6. Gendered Pathways to Crime: the Relationship Between Victimization and Offending; Topical Box 6.1: Life Course Perspective and Desistance in Offending; Biographical Box 6.1: Joanne Belknap; Section III: Gender and Offending; 7. Prostitution: the Gendered Crime; Topical Box 7.1: Human Trafficking; Biographical Box 7.1: Jody Miller; 8. A Gendered View of Violence; Topical Box 8.1: Gender and Gang Membership; Biographical Box 8.1: Meda Chesney-lind; 9. A twenty-first Century Look at Gender, Drug Use and Theft; Biographical Box 9.1: James W. Messerschmidt |
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10. Where Are All the Women in White-collar Crime?Topical Box 10.1: Understanding the Gender Gap in Computer Hacking; Biographical Box 10.1: Martin D. Schwartz; 11. Sentencing and Punishment; Topical Box 11.1: Restorative Justice; Biographical Box 11.1: Kimberly J. Cook; 12. Corrections, Gender-specific Programming and Offender Re-entry; Topical Box 12.1: Crime and Homelessness; Biographical Box 12.1: Merry Morash; Section IV: Gendered Work in the Criminal Justice System; 13. Policing Styles, Officer Gender and Decision Making; Biographical Box 13.1: Vernetta D. Young |
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14. Gender and Minority Representation at the Bar and on the BenchBiographical Box 14.1: Nicole Rafter; 15. From Resistance to Integration: the Influence of Gender in the Corrections Work Environment; Biographical Box 15.1: Christine E. Rasche; Section V: Future Directions in Gender and Crime Research; 16. Gaps in Knowledge and Emerging Areas in Gender and Crime Studies; Topical Box 16.1: Gender and Terrorism; Index |
| Summary |
Criminological research has historically been based on the study of men, boys and crime. As a result, the criminal justice system's development of policies, programs, and treatment regimes was based on the male offender. It was not until the 1970s that some criminologists began to draw attention to the neglect of gender in the study of crime, but today, the study of gender and crime is burgeoning within criminology and includes a vast literature. The Routledge International Handbook of Crime and Gender Studies is a collection of original, cutting-edge, multidisciplinar |
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Print version record |
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Crime.
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Crime -- Sex differences.
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Female offenders.
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Crime
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Crime -- Sex differences
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Female offenders
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Criminologia.
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Dones delinqüents.
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| Genre/Form |
Llibres electrònics.
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Miller, Susan L
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Gover, Angela R
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| ISBN |
9781136836862 |
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1136836861 |
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