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Ngaire Naffine - Feminism and Criminology - 9780745611631 - V9780745611631
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Feminism and Criminology

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Description for Feminism and Criminology Hardback. This much--needed book is a concise and accessible account of the contribution of feminist thinking to the study of crime. Num Pages: 208 pages, 0. BIC Classification: JFCX; JFFK; JKV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 152 x 233 x 20. Weight in Grams: 400.

This much-needed book is a concise and accessible account of the contribution of feminist thinking to the study of crime. Tracing the intellectual history of criminology from its scientific foundations in the nineteenth century to its recent encounters with postmodernism, Naffine discusses the ways in which the discipline has established its priorities and values, and shows how men became and remain the central interest of the discipline. Criminologists, she argues, are still reluctant to engage with feminist scholarship which questions their agenda.

Naffine argues that for several decades feminists from a variety of disciplines have been studying crime, producing increasingly ... Read more

Naffine analyses the treatment of women offenders by the criminal justice system, and women as victims of crime - especially violent crime - and argues for a different understanding of sexual relations between men and women within the crime of rape. Finally, she examines how feminist detective fiction can enliven and enhance the study of crime.

Provocative and well-argued, this timely book will be welcomed by students and researchers in women's studies, gender studies, criminology, sociology and law.

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Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
Number of Pages
208
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780745611631
SKU
V9780745611631
Shipping Time
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Ref
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About Ngaire Naffine
Ngaire Naffine is the author of Feminism and Criminology, published by Wiley.

Reviews for Feminism and Criminology
"This is both a significant and intelligent contribution to the transformation of criminology by one of the most challenging feminist theorists working in the field." Carol C. Smart, University of Leeds "This thought-provoking book challenges the dominant criminological tradition from a feminist perspective. But it is more than a polemical argument about what is omitted and silenced in that tradition. ... Read more

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