Gendering criminology: crime and justice today
The story of gender : definitions, origins, and current issues -- The why and how : theories of gender, crime, and victimization -- "Manly" crimes : the relationship between masculinity and criminality -- "ladies only :" an examination of women and crime -- At the margins : crimi...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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Oakland, California
University of California Press
[2021]
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| In: | Year: 2021 |
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| Summary: | The story of gender : definitions, origins, and current issues -- The why and how : theories of gender, crime, and victimization -- "Manly" crimes : the relationship between masculinity and criminality -- "ladies only :" an examination of women and crime -- At the margins : criminalization within the LGBTQIA+ communities -- Gender-based online victimization -- "Boys will be boys" and "sugar and spice :" the relationship between gender and victimization -- The victimization of individuals who identify as LGBTQIA+ -- Policing crime : how gender influences arrest decisions and court cases -- The Gendered nature of punishment -- "Boys' club :" gender and employment in the criminal-legal system -- Gender, crime, and the media. "Gendering Criminology explores issues pertaining to victimization, individuals involved in the criminal-legal system and those working within in the system that are unique to females, males and individuals within the LGBTQIA (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex, asexual) communities. Each chapter provides an overview of each topic, and delves in the literature in the area. Additionally, each chapter also provides active learning activities designed to fully immerse and engage students in the material, current and relevant media bytes to bring the lessons to life, and case studies that illustrate the content. Gendering Criminology provides a contemporary guide for the reader to understand the place that gender has in society, as well as how it pertains to crime, victimization and professions"-- |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Physical Description: | ix, 319 Seiten |
| ISBN: | 9780520298286 |