Gender, crime and justice / / Lizzie Seal
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| Autore: |
Seal Lizzie <1977->
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| Titolo: |
Gender, crime and justice / / Lizzie Seal
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| Pubblicazione: | Cham, Switzerland : , : Palgrave Macmillan, , [2022] |
| ©2022 | |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (273 pages) |
| Disciplina: | 362.88082 |
| Soggetto topico: | Women - Crimes against |
| Offenses against the person | |
| Crime - Sociological aspects | |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | 1. Introduction -- 2. Interpersonal Violence.-3. Sexual Violence -- 4. Sex Work and the Night-time Economy -- 5. Street Crime, Gangs and Drugs -- 6. Crimes of the Powerful -- 7. Policing and the Courts -- 8. Prison and Community Penalties -- 9. Extreme Punishment and Abolitionist Futures. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | This textbook takes a gender inclusive and intersectional feminist approach to examining key topics related to gender, crime and justice. It provides an overview and critical discussion of contemporary issues and research in this area suitable for use in undergraduate and postgraduate degree modules. A key feature of the book is its use of films, television series and documentaries to illustrate the concepts and findings from criminological research on gender, crime and justice. After outlining the meaning of gender and the perspective of intersectional feminism, it has chapters focused on interpersonal and sexual violence, sex work and the night-time economy, street crime, crimes of the powerful, policing and the courts, prison and community penalties and a final chapter on extreme punishment and abolitionist futures. It speaks to students and academics in criminology, sociology and gender studies. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Gender, crime and justice |
| ISBN: | 9783030874889 |
| 3030874885 | |
| 9783030874872 | |
| 3030874877 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910523789203321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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