Read Anywhere and on Any Device!

Subscribe to Read | $0.00

Join today and start reading your favorite books for Free!

Create Free Account

Sisters in Crime Revisited: Bringing Gender Into Criminology

Cheryl Lero Jonson

0/5 ( ratings)

Distinctive Features
* Surveys the pivotal works of leading scholars in the field of criminology, from the earliest female criminologists to contemporary scholars, providing a thorough examination of women and crime from the past to the present
* Pays homage to Freda Adler, whose scholarly and balanced research on female criminals lays the foundation for the discussion of the history and development of female offending
* Navigates through such important criminological questions as: Why do women offend? How do their paths into crime differ from men's? Why is there a gap in crime rates between men and women?
* Examines how conceptions of masculinity, often embedded in male peer groups, result in crime and in the victimization of women
* Addresses how female offenders interact with and are processed by the legal system, covering the complicated relationship between gender and justice

Pages: 430

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

Release: October 31, 2014

ISBN: 0199311188

ISBN 13: 9780199311187

Sisters in Crime Revisited: Bringing Gender Into Criminology

Cheryl Lero Jonson

0/5 ( ratings)

Distinctive Features
* Surveys the pivotal works of leading scholars in the field of criminology, from the earliest female criminologists to contemporary scholars, providing a thorough examination of women and crime from the past to the present
* Pays homage to Freda Adler, whose scholarly and balanced research on female criminals lays the foundation for the discussion of the history and development of female offending
* Navigates through such important criminological questions as: Why do women offend? How do their paths into crime differ from men's? Why is there a gap in crime rates between men and women?
* Examines how conceptions of masculinity, often embedded in male peer groups, result in crime and in the victimization of women
* Addresses how female offenders interact with and are processed by the legal system, covering the complicated relationship between gender and justice

Pages: 430

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

Release: October 31, 2014

ISBN: 0199311188

ISBN 13: 9780199311187

More books from Cheryl Lero Jonson

The American Prison: Imagining a Different Future

Delinquency and Drift Revisited, Volume 21: The Criminology of David Matza and Beyond

Rate this book!

Write a review?