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Women, Crime and Criminal Justice is the winner of the Division of International Criminology’s Distinguished Book Award 2014 and the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences International Section's 2015 Outstanding Book Award and the first fully internationalised book to focus on women as offenders, victims and justice professionals. It provides background, as well as specialized information that allows readers to comprehend the global forces that shape women and crime; analyze different types of violence against women (in peacetime and in armed conflict); and grasp the challenges faced by women in justice professions such as the police, the judiciary and international peacekeeping.Provocative, highly topical, engaging and written by an expert in the field, this book examines the role of women in crime and criminal justice internationally. Topics covered include:the role of globalization and development in patterns of female offending and victimization,how a human rights framework can help explain women ́s crime, victimization and the criminal justice response,global women’s activism,international perspectives on violence against women, including femicide, violence in conflict and post

Author

Rosemary Barberet

Publisher

Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group

Published

2014

Language

EN

ISBN

9781135005733

Subjects

Science, Social Science, Social_sciences