Description
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
Gender and Crime is key reading for students of criminology, criminal justice and gender studies.
About the Author
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.
Book Information
ISBN 9780335225231
Author Karen Evans
Format Paperback
Page Count 352
Imprint Open University Press
Publisher Open University Press
Weight(grams) 420g
Dimensions(mm) 229mm * 153mm * 20mm