Gender and Firearms - My Body, My Choice, My Gun

Private gun ownership for self-defence remains a major issue in the US, driven by concerns about crime, vulnerability and ideological factors including race and gender. This book explores the changing gendered aspects of gun ownership.

List of contents

1 Introduction: Opening shots and signs of change 2 Rights speak and responsibilisation: Gun advertising, feminism and the production of the woman gun-carrier 3 Packing pretty: Towards the armed action women 4 The weaponised women of the movies 5 Personal choices and public consequences 6 Numbers games 7 Doctrine versus practice: Contradictions of gun ownership and ‘Stand Your Ground’ for women 8 Concluding themes, other women and looking forwards

About the author

Peter Squires is Professor (Emeritus) of criminology and public policy at the University of Brighton, United Kingdom. His research interests include gun crime and gun control; youth crime and disorder; anti-social behaviour; weapons, crime, and violence; community safety; crime prevention; surveillance and policing. He is the author of Gun Culture or Gun Control: Firearms, Violence and Society (Routledge, 2000) and Gun Crime in Global Contexts (Routledge, 2014), Rethinking Knife Crime (2021) and the co-author of Shooting to Kill: Policing Firearms and Armed Response (2010) and several other books.

Summary

Private gun ownership for self-defence remains a major issue in the US, driven by concerns about crime, vulnerability and ideological factors including race and gender. This book explores the changing gendered aspects of gun ownership.

Product details

• Authors: Peter Squires, Peter (University of Brighton Squires, Squires Peter
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.04.2024
• EAN: 9781472460431
• ISBN: 978-1-4724-6043-1
• No. of pages: 242
• Series: Routledge Research in Gender and Society
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; USA, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Feminism & Feminist Theory, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Violence in Society, Feminism & feminist theory, United States of America, USA, Violence in society, Gender studies: women, Feminism and feminist theory, Gender studies: women and girls, Violence and abuse in society