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Record Nr.

UNINA9910452987403321

Titolo

Routledge international handbook of crime and gender studies / / edited by Claire M. Renzetti, Susan L. Miller and Angela R. Gover

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, N.Y. : , : Routledge, , 2013

ISBN

0-203-83251-5

1-283-89347-9

1-136-83686-1

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (337 p.)

Collana

Routledge international handbooks

Altri autori (Persone)

GoverAngela R

MillerSusan L

RenzettiClaire M

Disciplina

364.081

Soggetti

Crime

Crime - Sex differences

Female offenders

Criminologia

Dones delinqüents

Electronic books.

Llibres electrònics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Preface -- Introduction -- Theoretical and methodological approaches to the study of gender and crime -- Historical and international developments in conceptualizing gender and crime / Jeanne Flavin and Lilly Artz -- Moving research to practice : unlikely partners in the conduct of ethical research / Catherine Cerulli, Christina Raimondi, and Corey Nichols-Hadeed -- Gender and victimization -- Theoretical explanations for gender differences in fear of crime : research and prospects / Jodi Lane -- At the intersections : race, gender and violence / Nikki Jones, and Jerry Flores -- The gendered nature of violence : an international focus / Holly Johnson -- Gendered pathways to crime : the relationship between victimization and offending / Dana DeHart and Shannon Lynch -- Gender and offending -- Prostitution :



the gendered crime / Jody Raphael and Mary C. Ellison -- A gendered view of violence / Denise Paquette Boots and Jennifer Wareham -- A 21st century look at gender, drug use, and theft / Tammy L. Anderson -- Where are all the women in white-collar crime? / Mary Dodge -- Sentencing and punishment / Cassia Spohn and Pauline Brennan -- Corrections, gender-specific programming, and offender re-entry / Mary -- Gendered work in the criminal justice system -- Policing styles, officer gender, and decision making / Christina DeJong -- Gender and minority representation at the bar and on the bench / Cynthia Siemsen and Kimberlee Candela -- From resistance to integration : the influence of gender in the corrections work environment / Marie L. Griffin -- Future directions in gender & crime research -- Gaps in knowledge and emerging areas in gender and crime studies.

Sommario/riassunto

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