This is the first book to explore coercion as a pathway into crime for co-offending women. Using newspaper articles and case and court files, it analyses four cases of women co-accused of a crime with their partner who suggested that coercive techniques had influenced their involvement in the offending. Considering the legal and social construction of coercion, this fascinating book concludes by exploring the implications for public understanding of coercion and female offending more broadly.

About the Author
Dr Charlotte Barlow is a Lecturer in Criminology at Lancaster University and has previously worked at Birmingham City University. Charlotte graduated with First Class Honours from Keele University and completed her PhD at the University of Liverpool, graduating in 2015. Charlotte's broad research interests include female offending, media representations of crime and deviancy and violence against women and girls.

Reviews
"Barlow brings a fresh approach to understanding how women's offending behaviour is represented differently by the media, the legal profession and by women themselves and develops the helpful notion of a `continuation of coercion'" Karen Ross, Newcastle University



Book Information
ISBN 9781447330981
Author Charlotte Barlow
Format Hardback
Page Count 112
Imprint Policy Press
Publisher Policy Press