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Record Nr.

UNINA9910809587903321

Autore

Worrall Anne

Titolo

Offending women : female lawbreakers and the criminal justice system / / Anne Worrall

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 1990

ISBN

1-134-95819-6

1-280-32201-2

0-203-40584-6

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (ix, 189 pages)

Collana

Sociology of law and crime

Disciplina

364.3/74/0941

Soggetti

Female offenders - Great Britain

Deviant behavior - Labeling theory

Sex discrimination in criminal justice administration - Great Britain

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliography and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Contents; Series editors' preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction; THEORIZING WOMEN'S EXPERIENCES; RULES AND AUTHORITY; NOT MAD ENOUGH, NOT BAD ENOUGH: FIFTEEN FEMALE LAW-BREAKERS; INVISIBLE WOMEN?; GUILTY WOMEN?; TREATABLE WOMEN?; MANAGEABLE WOMEN?; LISTENING TO WOMEN; A FOOTNOTE?; WOMEN OFFENDERS OR OFFENDING WOMEN?; Appendix: researching women; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Offending Women provides an interesting and useful theoretical analysis of the discourse surrounding women's deviancy.