pp x438 1995 paperback ISBN 0-7083-1301-9
'It is so well edited, and its chapters so well written, that any interested reader who picks up the book will find it difficult to close before reading page 425. . .its title is modest, almost incomplete. A better title, albeit impossible to contain on a cover , would alert the potential reader to this book's comprehensive exposition of perspectives, methodologies, and substantive domains in the study of gender and crime.' (Contemporary Sociology)
' . . . Gender and Crime can be highly recommended. Individual chapters offer first-rate original research, and provide some new and important directions in thinking about crime. The collection itself exerts crucial pressure on the traditional bounderies of criminology. It will be of considerable appeal to anyone who researches, teaches or has an interest in crime.' (Australian Feminist Studies)
'The volume contains much new research which is both illustrative and informative and generally easily accessible.' (Planet)
Thinking about gender and crime R. Emerson Dobash, Russell P. Dobash and Lesley Noaks University of Wales, Cardiff
MEDIA REPRESENTATION OF GENDER AND CRIME
A genealogy of women's madness Sylvie Frigon, University of Ottawa; Passion, marriage and murder: analysing the press discourse Maggie Wykes, Trinity College, Leeds University; Women's crime and media coverage: making explanations Bronwyn Naylor, Monash University Victoria; Sex crime news from abroad Keith Soothill, Lancaster University
CRIMINAL WOMEN AND VIOLENCE
Conceptualizing violence by women Margaret Shaw, Concordia University; In the name of love: women and initiation to illicit drugs Lisa Maher, University of New South Wales; Child-killing by parents: social, legal and gender issues Ania Wilczynski, New South Wales Child Protection Council, Sydney
MEN, MASCULINITY AND CRIME
Men's own stories, lives and violence: research as practice Richard Thurston, Mid Glamorgan Probation Service and John Beynon, University of Glamorgan; `A father's "normal" love'?: masculinities, criminology and the family Richard Collier, Newcastle University
VICTIMS AND GENDER
Target women?: women's victimisation and white-collar crime Hazel Croall, Thames Valley University; Women-talk and men-talk: defining and resisting Julie M. Owen, University of Wales, Cardiff; The modelling of threat incidence: evidence from the British Crime Survey Andromachi Tseloni, researcher in Economics for the Greek Government; Fear of crime, children and gendered socialisation Jo Goodey, Sheffield University; Child sexual abuse and age of consent laws: a response to some libertarian argument for `sexual liberty' A. Mark Liddle, University of Cambridge; Re-orienting the criminal justice system: towards a consideration of victims' rights Rob Mawby, University of Plymouth and Sandra Walklate, University of Keele
CRIMINAL JUSTICE RESPONSES TO VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN
Evaluating criminal justice programmes for violent men Russell P. Dobash, R. Emerson Dobash, University of Wales, Cardiff, Kate Cavanagh, University of Glasgow and Ruth Lewis, University of Newcastle; An overview of community-based intervention programmes for men who are violent or abusive in the home Ruth Frances, University of Melbourne; The role of the police in combating domestic violence Sam Wright, Manchester Metropolitan University.