Violence, Gender and Justice
Contributors: Welsh, Kirsty
Publisher: Sage Publications
Published: 2008
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource]
Number of pages: 209
ISBN-13: 9780857026675
Description: This is a very impressive piece of thorough scholarship. It is an important book that highlights the need to consider gender when developing policies to respond to interpersonal violence. It is written in a clear and accessible style and should be required reading for all criminal justice students.' - Dr Malcolm Cowburn, Sheffield Hallam University. This comprehensive text provides an overview of the relationship between violence, gender, crime and justice. It brings together theory with contemporary cases to enable the reader to understand the key concepts, issues and connections involved. E.
Notes: Description based on print version record.
Table of contents: title: Cover; contents; 1 introducing violence, gender and justice; 2 'cold-blooded lies'; 3 intimacy, secrets and statistics; 4 gendering criminology?; 5 confronting violence; 6 the family of man; 7 the law, the courts and conviction; 8 embodying violence; 9 conclusions; bibliography; index.