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The Gender of Crime (Gender Lens) Second (2nd) Edition by Dana M. Britton; Shannon K. Jacobsen; Grace E. Howard is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

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La 4e de couverture indique : "The Gender of Crime introduces readers to how gender shapes our understanding of every aspect of crime--from defining what crime is to governing how crime is punished. The second edition of this award-winning book maintains the accessible, reader-friendly narrative of the first edition with key updates and new material throughout, including increased focus on the intersections of race, class, gender, and sexuality in crime and punishment; more attention to LGBTQ issues; additional coverage of gender and crime on college campuses; and more. This dynamic and provocative book illustrates how gender is central to the definition, prosecution, and sentencing of crimes, that it shapes how victimization is experienced and understood, and how it structures the institutions of the criminal justice system and the experiences of workers within that system. The Gender of Crime demonstrates that crime, victimization, and crime control are never generic--they are instead produced and experienced by gendered (and raced, and classed, and sexualized) actors within contexts of social inequality. This book highlights key concepts and encourages readers to think through a

Who reads The Gender of Crime (Gender Lens) Second (2nd) Edition?

Author

Dana M. Britton; Shannon K. Jacobsen; Grace E. Howard

Publisher

Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Incorporated

Published

2017

Language

EN

ISBN

9781442262225

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

True Crime, Science, Social Science

Updated

2026-03-24