Summary
Contents
Subject index
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.
Conclusions
Conclusions
- An Overview of Key Debates 191
- Gender, Crime and Human Rights: Towards a Contextual Framework 196
- Concluding Thoughts 213
Chapter Contents
This book has covered a lot of ground in a relatively short space, drawing attention to the continued, if not growing, significance of gender in relation to our understanding of crime and disorder. The book shows the differential experiences and inequitable treatment of men and women as offenders, victims and criminal justice workers. This discrimination may not be as obvious as it ...
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