Gender, Crime and Criminal Justice
by Sandra Walklate
This book provided 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 offenses and the nature and impact of crime on women — in
particular the Sexual Offences Act 2003. The book is divided into three
main sections. The first considers different ways of theorizing about
gender and the relative impact of this on thinking about crime and
criminal victimization; the second considers some of the evidence in
relation to people’s gendered experiences of crime and criminal
victimization; and 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 victimization
in relation to gender.
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