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Coercion and Women Co-offenders: A Gendered Pathway into Crime
Charlotte Barlow
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Description for Coercion and Women Co-offenders: A Gendered Pathway into Crime
Hardback. 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. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; JKVQ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 137 x 205 x 11. Weight in Grams: 222.
This is the first book to explore coercion as a pathway into crime for co-offending women. Using newspaper articles and case and court files, it analyses four cases of women co-accused of a crime with their partner who suggested that coercive techniques had influenced their involvement in the offending. Considering the legal and social construction of coercion, this fascinating book concludes by exploring the implications for public understanding of coercion and female offending more broadly.
This is the first book to explore coercion as a pathway into crime for co-offending women. Using newspaper articles and case and court files, it analyses four cases of women co-accused of a crime with their partner who suggested that coercive techniques had influenced their involvement in the offending. Considering the legal and social construction of coercion, this fascinating book concludes by exploring the implications for public understanding of coercion and female offending more broadly.
Product Details
Publisher
Policy Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Number of Pages
112
Place of Publication
Bristol, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781447330981
SKU
V9781447330981
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-50
About Charlotte Barlow
Dr Charlotte Barlow is a Lecturer in Criminology at Lancaster University and has previously worked at Birmingham City University. Charlotte graduated with First Class Honours from Keele University and completed her PhD at the University of Liverpool, graduating in 2015. Charlotte's broad research interests include female offending, media representations of crime and deviancy and violence against women and girls.
Reviews for Coercion and Women Co-offenders: A Gendered Pathway into Crime
Barlow brings a fresh approach to understanding how women's offending behaviour is represented differently by the media, the legal profession and by women themselves and develops the helpful notion of a `continuation of coercion' Karen Ross, Newcastle University