Coercion and women co-offenders : a gendered pathway into crime / [electronic resource]
Barlow, Charlotte,author.
This is the first book to explore coercion as a pathway into crime for co-offending women. It analyses four cases of women co-accused of a crime with their partner who suggested that coercive techniques had influenced their involvement, and concludes by exploring the implications for public understanding of coercion and female offending.
Specialized.
COERCION AND WOMEN CO-OFFENDERS; Contents ; Acknowledgements ; Introduction; 1. Mediated representations and understandings of co-offending women; Introduction ; The dichotomies of 'man' and 'woman' and malestream criminology; Women offenders as 'others'; Mediated representations of female offending; Female offending stock narratives; Representations of female and male co-offending; Conclusion; 2. Theoretical understandings of coercion as a pathway  into crime; Introduction; Pathways into crime for women offenders; Co-offending and coercion; The binary of agency and coercion
Context and contribution3. Understanding the social construction of coerced women; Introduction; Feminist methodological approach; Case study approach; Using documents in criminological research; Conclusion; 4. A feminist critique of representations of potentially coerced women; Introduction; 'Bad women': influence of gendered discourses; Equally bad or worse? The representation of women-co-offenders offending role; Conclusion; 5. Applying the 'continuum of coercion': an alternative, feminist framework; Introduction; A rational choice?; 'Continuum of coercion'; Conclusion
6. Coerced women and criminology: looking to the futureReferences; Index
Specialized.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Apr 2022).
This is the first book to explore coercion as a pathway into crime for co-offending women. It analyses four cases of women co-accused of a crime with their partner who suggested that coercive techniques had influenced their involvement, and concludes by exploring the implications for public understanding of coercion and female offending.
Female offenders