Gender, Crime and Criminal Justice

Gender, Crime and Criminal Justice
ISBN-10
113403122X
ISBN-13
9781134031221
Series
Gender, Crime and Criminal Justice
Category
Social Science
Pages
248
Language
English
Published
2013-01-11
Publisher
Routledge
Author
Sandra Walklate

Description

This book provides a lucid and highly acclaimed introduction to gender issues in crime and criminal justice, central to any understanding of crime and criminal justice policy and practice. This second edition has been updated to take full account of recent developments, particularly in the areas of policing, crime prevention, restorative justice and legislation relating to sexual offences and the nature and impact of crime on women − in particular the Sexual Offences Act 2003. Gender, Crime and Criminal Justice is divided into three main sections. The first considers different ways of theorising about gender and the relative impact of this on thinking about crime and criminal victimisation; the second considers some of the evidence in relation to people's gendered experiences of crime and criminal victimisation; the third considers how those working within the criminal justice system, and the policies that are put in place, work to sustain or change those experiences of crime and criminal victimisation in relation to gender.

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