Summary
Contents
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In addition to offering an overview of key themes and issues, Marisa Silvestri and Chris Crowther-Dowey breathe new life into existing and well-rehearsed debates by considering the usefulness of drawing on a human rights discourse for making sense of gender, crime, and criminal justice. In re-thinking the experiences of women and men as offenders, victims, and criminal justice professionals within a human rights framework, the authors encourage a fresh approach to traditional debates about gender and crime.
Women as Offenders
Women as Offenders
- Who is the Female Offender? 25
- Punishing the Female Offender 33
- What can Human Rights do for Women in Prison? 37
- Concluding Thoughts 45
Chapter Contents
Overview
Chapter 2 provides:
- An insight into the nature and extent of female offending.
- An analysis of the current trend to ‘search for equivalence’ in criminality between women and men.
- An overview of the arrival of the ‘new female offender’ in ...
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