Gender and Justice

This book provides a key text for students seeking to understand feminist and gendered perspectives on criminology and criminal justice, bringing together the most innovative research and work which has taken the study of the relationship between gender and justice into the twenty-first century. Organised into sections on gender and offending behaviour, gender and the criminal justice system and new concepts and approaches, this book will be essential for all students taking courses in criminology and criminal justice.

ISBN 1843921995   DEWEY edition DC22 ISBN13 9781843921998 (What's this?)   Pages 320 Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd   Volumes 1 Imprint Willan Publishing   Weight (grammes) 612 Format Paperback   Published in Cullompton Publication date 01 Oct 2006   Height (mm) 234 Library of Congress 2007296026   Width (mm) 156 DEWEY 364.374   Academic level Professional / Scholarly

1. New Perspectives and Established Views, Frances Heidensohn Part One: Gender and Offending Behaviour Brief Introduction, Frances Heidensohn 2. Drug Use and the Discovery of Gender, Mike Shiner 3. Gender Differences in Self-Reported Offending, Kirstine Hansen 4. Schoolbags at Dawn, Carrie Anne Myers 5. Regulating Prostitution: Controlling Women's Lives, Joanna Phoenix 6. Stigmatised Women: Relatives of Serious Offenders and the Broader Impact of Crime, Rachel Condry Part Two: Gender and the Criminal Justice System Brief Introduction, Frances Heidensohn 7. Gender Considerations in Remand Decision-Making, Kate Steward 8. 'Bad Girls' or 'Mad Girls' ae' The Coping Mechanisms of Female Young Offenders, Nicola Hutson and Carrie Anne Myers 9. A Gendered Irish Experiment ae' Grounds for Optimism? Barbara Mason 10. The Reforming Prison: A Canadian Tale, Stephanie Hayman Part Three: New Concepts and Approaches Brief introduction, Frances Heidensohn 11. Gender, Genes and Crime: An Evolving Feminist Agenda, Nicole Rafter 12. Gender and Crime: A Human Rights Perspective, Marisa Silvestri 13. Gender, Justice and Human Rights in Post-Colonial Zimbabwe and South Africa, Oliver Phillips 14. Another Look at Lady Bountiful: Reform, Gender and Organisations, Judith Rumgay

This thematic collection of essays edited by the leading feminist criminologist Frances Heidensohn, sets the agenda and parameters for the epistemological study of feminist criminology in the twenty-first century. It should therefore be compulsory reading on all criminology courses and of significant interest to criminal justice professionals. Heidensohn was instrumental in establishing the study of gender, crime and justice into mainstream criminology, forcing its masculine establishment to consider the effect and impact of law and the criminal justice process on women. She has continually challenged the invisibility and marginalization of women from a feminist perspective in both criminological theory and public policy railing against gender-blindness and leading to the shift in position today where women are now regarded in principle as a subject equally worthy of introspection. Despite such advances, disappointingly the evidence from some of the contributors is that in some areas nothing much has changed in the last 20 years aaC--" both theoretically and in terms of societal and penal responses. On a positive note, the authors offer opportunities and ideas to address this, suggesting ways forward, and confirming that so much more can be achieved where criminology and feminism work together as effective and complementary partners. The book is divided into three parts; one of its strengths is that all the chapters are well-structured, accessible and eminently readable aaC--" the hallmarks perhaps of a gendered approach? All are supported by empirical evidence, primarily qualitative rather than quantitative, again reinforcing the successful integration of feminist and criminological perspectives. Part One comprises five essays exploring gendered differences and similarities identified in specific criminal contexts. Mike Shiner argues that traditional research into drug culture has failed to identify and achieve this. He utilizes empirical research to show that it is the identification of these gender differences that are fundamental to understandings of drug culture.For example teenage females appear to grow out of drug use faster than males from age 17 onwards, prompting further inquiry. Kirstine Hansen challenges the longstanding assumption that in relation to crime offending there is a clear and stereotypical gender gap between males and females. Using analysis into self-reported offending, she argues that the traditional approach of predicting the likelihood of male/female offending based on gender stereotypifications should be replaced with research that focuses more on the fluctuations in certain groups (eg class, race, economy) within this schism, and the associated impact of family, educational and employment opportunities. Carrie Anne Myers focuses on the problem of school bullying, identifying differences and similarities inthe role of girls and boys as both victims and perpetrators suggesting that if female bullies are aaC--Eudouble deviantaaC--a then male victims are aaC--Eudouble victimsaaC--a . Her research revealed that female bullies use the same codes of silence and group dynamics as boys, albeit she seems somewhat surprised by the extent of male bullying and plight of male victimization uncovered. All three contributors agree that drawing comparisons across the genders, rather than within them, does not realise the full picture, though some might think it somewhat disconcerting that criminologists are only just starting to draw such conclusions. Joanna Phoenix tackles the issue of prostitution arguing that the current regulation of street prostitution is gender-biased resulting in the state control of a small and aaC--EuinvisibleaaC--a group of vulnerable women, mirroring Brooks-GordonaaC--a s comprehensive review in The Price of Sex (2006) also published by Willan. The final chapter in this section by Rachel Condry provides some interesting insights into another area of gender invisibility; the stigma

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