Women of Piracy

Drawing from an interdisciplinary body of research and data, Women of Piracy employs a criminological lens to explore how women have been involved in, and impacted by, maritime piracy operations from the 16th century to present day piracy off the coast of Somalia.

List of contents

Introduction

1. Gender and the Female Pirate Imaginary


2. The Gendered Social Organization of Piracy


3. The Women of Piracy-Adjacent Trafficking and their Victims


4. Policing, Punishment, and Counter-Piracy Involved Women

Conclusion

About the author

Brittany VandeBerg is an Associate Professor in the Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice at the University of Alabama, USA. She is an interdisciplinary scholar whose research aims to better understand the relationship between territory, violence, and law. Her areas of expertise include maritime piracy, legal geographies, gender and crime, and criminal justice reform, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa. VandeBerg is a former consultant with the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) Counter Piracy Programme (since renamed the Global Maritime Crime Programme) and the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations Somalia Fisheries Sector.

Summary

Drawing from an interdisciplinary body of research and data, Women of Piracy employs a criminological lens to explore how women have been involved in, and impacted by, maritime piracy operations from the 16th century to present day piracy off the coast of Somalia.

Product details

• Authors: Brittany VandeBerg
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 09.10.2024
• EAN: 9781032125718
• ISBN: 978-1-032-12571-8
• No. of pages: 116
• Weight: 160 g
• Series: Feminist Criminology
• Subjects: Fiction > Suspense; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Biographies, autobiographies; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; True Crime, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Gender Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology, TRUE CRIME / General, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, HISTORY / Women, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, Social and cultural history, Social and cultural anthropology, Gender studies, gender groups, Gender studies: women, Crime and criminology, Crime & criminology, Gender studies: women and girls