Female Crime: The Construction of Women in Criminology Contributor(s): Naffine, Ngaire (Author) |
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ISBN: 1138126020 ISBN-13: 9781138126022 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $133.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: December 2015 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Criminology - Social Science | Gender Studies |
Dewey: 364.374 |
Series: Routledge Library Editions: Women and Crime |
Physical Information: 0.44" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (0.73 lbs) 146 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Female Crime, first published in 1987, surveys the major schools of criminology in order to explore the images of the female offender which underpin many contemporary crime theories. In reveals the ways in which male-centred norms dominated much analysis, and how crude stereotypes of women were a common attribute to the armoury of criminological research. Although feminists and other researchers are directing increasing attention to criminology, this was one of the first attempts to deploy feminist analyses developed within other disciplines to examine critically the range of modern criminological theories on women. Its findings demonstrate the importance of a program to create a new feminist criminology which recognises the female offender as a reasoning, purposeful subject. This title will be of interest to students of criminology. |