Women, Crime and Criminology (Routledge Revivals) A Feminist Critique Routledge Revivals Series
First published in 1977, Women, Crime and Criminology presents a feminist critique of classical and contemporary theories of female criminality. It addresses the issue that criminology literature has, throughout history, been predominantly male-oriented, always treating female criminality as marginal to the ?proper? study of crime in society. Carol Smart explores a new direction in criminology, and the sociology of deviance, by investigating female crime from a committed feminist position.
Examining the types of offences committed by female offenders, Smart points to the fallacies inherent in a reliance on official statistics and shows the deficiencies of the popular argument that female emancipation has caused an increase in female crime rates. She deals with studies of prostitution and rape and considers the treatment of women ? as offenders and victims ? by the criminal law, the police and courts, and the penal system. Particular attention is given to the question of lenient treatment for female offenders with the conclusion that women and girls are, in some important instances, actually discriminated against in our legal and penal systems. The relationship between female criminality and mental illness is discussed and the author concludes by dealing with some of the problems inherent in developing a feminist criminology.
Introduction; 1. The nature of female criminality 2. Classical studies of female criminality 3. Contemporary studies of female criminality 4. Prostitution, rape and sexual politics 5. The treatment of female offenders 6. Women, crime and mental illness 7. Redressing the balance: Women and criminology; Appendix I; Appendix II; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Date de parution : 03-2014
13.8x21.6 cm
Date de parution : 10-2012
13.8x21.6 cm
Thèmes de Women, Crime and Criminology (Routledge Revivals) :
Mots-clés :
court; criminal; criminals; delinquency; female; females; juvenile; males; offenders; official; Young Men; Female Criminality; Kerb Crawlers; Female Offenders; Delinquent Girls; Sex Specific Offence; UK Figure; Female Sex Role; Double Bind Situation; Mental Illness; Married Women; Female Delinquency; Contemporary Society; Socio-economic Class; USA Statistic; Ingleby Committee; Rural Morality; Street Offences Act; Depressive Psychoses; Involutional Melancholia; Mens Rea; Thomas’s Work; UK Statistic; Common Prostitute; Advanced Industrialized Western Society