Routledge International Handbook of Crime and Gender Studies.

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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 attentio...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Renzetti, Claire M.
Other Authors: Miller, Susan L., Gover, Angela R.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Hoboken : Taylor and Francis, 2012.
Series:Routledge international handbooks.
Subjects:
Crime.
Crime > Sex differences.
Female offenders.
Criminelles.
Crime
Crime > Sex differences
Female offenders
Criminologia.
Dones delinqüents.
Llibres electrònics.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.

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