With recent "tough on crime" policies of the 1990s, the negative impact on women and children reverberates with social unawareness. Using a feminist perspective

This book presents an up-to-date analysis of women as victims of crime, as individuals under justice system supervision, and as professionals in the field. The

The Gender of Crime introduces readers to how gender shapes our understanding of every aspect of crime—from defining what crime is to governing how crime is p

The second edition of Women and Crime is a carefully revised version of what has become the standard text on this subject. It provides a comprehensive review of

First published in 1981. In the last few decades, interest in the study of crimes by women has increased. This interest has coincided with the accelerated momen