{"product_id":"9780335225231","title":"Gender and Crime: A Reader","description":"Focusing explicitly on questions of gender and crime, Evans and Jamieson guide the reader through a range of classic and groundbreaking studies, highlighting key contributions and debates and providing an indication of the new directions an engendered criminology may take us in coming years.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis engaging reader is divided into five sections, mapping the theoretical, empirical, and practical developments that have endeavoured to identify the ways in which gender informs criminology. Issues addressed by the readings include: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFemale offending\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGendered patterns of victimisation\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe gendered nature of social control \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMasculinity and crime \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePlacing gender in an international context\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eEvans and Jamieson’s powerful concluding chapter clearly sets out the achievements and the challenges that the gender and crime question has posed for criminology. They argue that unless the question of gender remains at the forefront of criminological endeavours, criminology will fail to offer an agenda informed by an understanding of social justice that strives to be attentive to both victims and offenders, whether they be male or female.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eGender and Crime\u003c\/i\u003e is key reading for students of criminology, criminal justice and gender studies.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Open University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47008261046512,"sku":"9780335225231","price":49.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780335225231_p0.jpg?v=1763686629","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780335225231","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}