Gender and Crime A Reader

by Evans, Karen; Jamieson, Janet

• ISBN13: 9780335225231
• ISBN10: 0335225233
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-07-01
• Publisher: Open University Press

Summary

Focusing explicitly on questions of gender and crime, Evans and Jamieson guide the reader through a range of classic and groundbreaking studies, highlighting key contributions and debates and providing an indication of the new directions an engendered criminology may take us in coming years.This engaging reader is divided into five sections, mapping the theoretical, empirical, and practical developments that have endeavoured to identify the ways in which gender informs criminology. Issues addressed by the readings include: Female offending Gendered patterns of victimisation The gendered nature of social control Masculinity and crime Placing gender in an international context Evans and Jamieson's powerful concluding chapter clearly sets out the achievements and the challenges that the gender and crime question has posed for criminology. They argue that unless the question of gender remains at the forefront of criminological endeavours, criminology will fail to offer an agenda informed by an understanding of social justice that strives to be attentive to both victims and offenders, whether they be male or female.Gender and Crimeis key reading for students of criminology, criminal justice and gender studies.

Author Biography

Karen Evans is Senior Lecturer in Sociology and Criminology at the University of Liverpool, UK.

. .Janet Jamieson is Senior Lecturer in Criminology at Liverpool John Moores University, UK. .

Table of Contents

Series editor's foreword	p. ix
Publisher's acknowledgements	p. xii
Introduction: gender and crime - the story	p. xv
Engendering the agenda
Introduction	p. 1
'Criminological theory: its ideology and implications concerning women'	p. 5
'Challenging orthodoxies in feminist theory: a black feminist critique'	p. 16
'Girls' troubles and "female delinquency"'	p. 27
'Twisted sisters, ladettes, and the new penology: the social construction of "violent girls"'	p. 35
Engendering the victim
Introduction	p. 47
'Women fight back'	p. 51
'Typical violence, normal precaution: men, women and interpersonal violence in England, Wales, Scotland and the USA'	p. 65
'Women and the "fear of crime": challenging the accepted stereotype'	p. 76
'Women's violence to men in intimate relationships: working on the puzzle'	p. 87
Gender and social control
Introduction	p. 99
'"Troublesome girls": towards alternative definitions and policies'	p. 103
'Justice in the making: key influences on decision-making'	p. 113
'Black women and the criminal justice system'	p. 124
'Women's imprisonment in England and Wales: a penal paradox'	p. 136
Engendering masculinity
Introduction	p. 143
'Boys will be boys'	p. 147
'Structured action and gendered crime'	p. 157
'Masculinities and crime: rethinking the "man question"'	p. 171
'Gender, class, racism, and crimincal justice: against global and gender-centric theories, for poststructuralist perspectives'	p. 181
International perspectives
Introduction	p. 191
'Constituting the punishable woman: atavistic man incarcerates postmodern woman'	p. 195
'Globalization and violence against women - inequalities in risks, responsibilities and blame in the UK and Japan'	p. 207
'"You deserve it because you are Australian": the moral panic over "ethnic gang rape"'	p. 217
'Genocide and the social production of immorality'	p. 230
Conclusion: gender and crime - the legacy?	p. 243
References	p. 252
Author Index	p. 287
Subject Index	p. 289
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