Women And The Criminal Justice System: Failing Victims And Offenders?
by Nigel South /
2018 / English / PDF
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Bringing together academics and professionals, this edited
collection considers key issues in current criminal justice
policy and practice related specifically to women to answer the
important question: are women being failed by the criminal
justice system? In a landscape where women’s involvement in the
criminal justice system still tends to be ignored or lost in
discussions about men, contributors place special emphasis on
women as both victims and offenders. The chapters cover a wide
range of topics relating to women and crime, including: violent
and sexual victimisation, violent offending, sentencing and
punishment, and rape myths.
Bringing together academics and professionals, this edited
collection considers key issues in current criminal justice
policy and practice related specifically to women to answer the
important question: are women being failed by the criminal
justice system? In a landscape where women’s involvement in the
criminal justice system still tends to be ignored or lost in
discussions about men, contributors place special emphasis on
women as both victims and offenders. The chapters cover a wide
range of topics relating to women and crime, including: violent
and sexual victimisation, violent offending, sentencing and
punishment, and rape myths.
Since the peak of feminist criminal justice scholarship in the
1990s, the place of women in the criminal justice system has
arguably slipped down the agenda and the authors of this
collection draw on original research to make the compelling case
for a swift remedy to this. Drawing on recent academic studies
and professional experience to set an agenda for future research
– as well as legal and policy reform – this book injects new life
into the dialogue surrounding women and the criminal justice
system. Innovative and timely, this collection of essays holds
broad appeal to academics and practitioners, as well as students
of criminology, criminal justice and law, and all those with an
interest in feminism, justice, and inequality.
Since the peak of feminist criminal justice scholarship in the
1990s, the place of women in the criminal justice system has
arguably slipped down the agenda and the authors of this
collection draw on original research to make the compelling case
for a swift remedy to this. Drawing on recent academic studies
and professional experience to set an agenda for future research
– as well as legal and policy reform – this book injects new life
into the dialogue surrounding women and the criminal justice
system. Innovative and timely, this collection of essays holds
broad appeal to academics and practitioners, as well as students
of criminology, criminal justice and law, and all those with an
interest in feminism, justice, and inequality.