The Female Offender
Girls, Women, and Crime
1st Edition
Published on 25. April 1997
Book
Paperback/Softback
232 pages
978-0-8039-5100-6 (ISBN)
Description
The criminology literature has left little room for research and theory on how female offenders are perceived and handled in the criminal justice system.
This book redresses the balance by providing critical insight into this issue. Meda Chesney-Lind explores gender and cultural factors in women's lives that often precede a move towards criminal behaviour, and addresses the question of whether female offenders are more violent today than in the past. The author also takes a revealing look at how public discomfort with the idea of women as criminals has had significant impact on the treatment received by this offender population.
This book redresses the balance by providing critical insight into this issue. Meda Chesney-Lind explores gender and cultural factors in women's lives that often precede a move towards criminal behaviour, and addresses the question of whether female offenders are more violent today than in the past. The author also takes a revealing look at how public discomfort with the idea of women as criminals has had significant impact on the treatment received by this offender population.
More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Thousand Oaks
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Weight
381 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8039-5100-6 (9780803951006)
Copyright in bibliographic data and cover images is held by Nielsen Book Services Limited or by the publishers or by their respective licensors: all rights reserved.
Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
New editions
Book
07/2003
2nd Edition
SAGE Publications Inc
€63.39
Article exhausted; check for reprint
Person
Meda Chesney-Lind, Ph.D. is Professor Emerita of Women's Studies at the University of Hawaii. Nationally recognized for her work on women and crime, her testimony before Congress resulted in national support of gender responsive programming for girls in the juvenile justice system. Her recent publications include Policing Women's Bodies: Law, Crime, Sexuality, and Reproduction and the "Global War on Girls? Policing Girls' Sexuality and Criminalizing their Victimization (with Alida Merlo). Her earlier book on girls' use of violence, Fighting for Girls (co-edited with Nikki Jones), won an award from the National Council on Crime and Delinquency for "focusing America's attention on the complex problems of the criminal and juvenile justice systems."
In 2013, the Western Society of Criminology named an award after her honoring "significant contributions to the fields of gender, crime and justice" and made her the inaugural recipient. In 2017, she was been elected President of the American Society of Criminology; she is currently serving as past President of the Society.
In 2013, the Western Society of Criminology named an award after her honoring "significant contributions to the fields of gender, crime and justice" and made her the inaugural recipient. In 2017, she was been elected President of the American Society of Criminology; she is currently serving as past President of the Society.
Content
Introduction
Girls' Troubles and `Female Delinquency'
Girls, Gangs, and Violence
Rediscovering the `Liberated Female Crook'
The Juvenile Justice System and Girls
Trends in Women's Crime
Drugs, Violence, and Women's Crime
Sentencing Women to Prison
Equality without Justice
Conclusion
Girls' Troubles and `Female Delinquency'
Girls, Gangs, and Violence
Rediscovering the `Liberated Female Crook'
The Juvenile Justice System and Girls
Trends in Women's Crime
Drugs, Violence, and Women's Crime
Sentencing Women to Prison
Equality without Justice
Conclusion