4th Edition

Gender, Crime and Criminal Justice

By Sandra Walklate Copyright 2027
166 Pages
by Routledge

166 Pages
by Routledge

166 Pages
by Routledge

This fourth edition of the essential volume Gender, Crime and Criminal Justice interrogates the relationship between sex, gender, crime and criminal justice as seen through the eyes of feminist perspectives and masculinity studies. Centring critical concerns about the dominance of Northern theorising in criminology and victimology, this edition examines implications for both men and women in... Read more

Introduction: women and crime or gender and crime? PART I: Theory 1 Criminology, victimology and feminism  2 Criminology, victimology and masculinism  PART II: Practice  3 Fear, risk, safety and security  4 Gendering (sexual) violence(s)  PART III: Policy  5 Gender, law and criminal justice policy  6 Policing gender-based violence(s)  Conclusion: learning from the past, looking to the future

Biography

Sandra Walklate is an Emeritus Professor at the University of Liverpool having previously held the Eleanor Rathbone Chair of Sociology and held a conjoint Chair of Criminology at Monash University, Melbourne, Australia. Internationally recognised for her work in victimology, criminal victimisation and violence against women she was elected as a Fellow to the Academy of Social Science in 2005 and received the British Society of Criminology Outstanding Achievement Award in 2014.