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Women & Crime

By: Frances Heidensohn

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Female offenders have traditionally been largely ignored by academic (mainly male) criminologists. In Women and Crime Frances Heidensohn provides a long-overdue account and critique of previous criminological and sociological writings on women and crime, and of current debates on feminist criminology.
The book contains accounts of women criminals' own histories and recounts what happens to them in court, in prison, and at the hands of the police, contrasting the experiences of 'ordinary" women offenders who often deny their criminality with those of radical women such as the suffragettes and the Greenham women who chose to defy 'man-made' laws. It shows that, although women are less criminal than men, the punishments meted out to them are often harsher and how women's relative conformity has led to their 'Cinderella' status within the penal system. The author highlights the crucial role of the media and popular culture, and the complex and often stereotyped images presented of deviant women, as well as the ways in which social control is exercised over women in the family, society and at work.
Women and Crime is a thorough and wide-ranging account of the issues, problems, experiences and research concerning female crime from a feminist perspective. ISBN:9780333362174

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Weight 292 g
Dimensions 215 × 138 × 13 mm
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ISBN 9780333362174