Offending Women - Female Lawbreakers and the Criminal Justice System

Informationen zum Autor Anne Worrall Klappentext A useful theoretical analysis of the discourse surrounding women's deviancy. Based on hundreds of interviews with magistrates, solicitors, psychiatrists, probabtion officers, and particularly female lawbreakers themselves this book is key for those studying criminology and women's studies as well as for practitioners. Zusammenfassung Offending Women provides an interesting and useful theoretical analysis of the discourse surrounding women's deviancy. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction 1 THEORIZING WOMEN’S EXPERIENCES 2 RULES AND AUTHORITY 3 NOT MAD ENOUGH, NOT BAD ENOUGH: FIFTEEN FEMALE LAW-BREAKERS 4 INVISIBLE WOMEN? 5 GUILTY WOMEN? 6 TREATABLE WOMEN? 7 MANAGEABLE WOMEN? 8 LISTENING TO WOMEN—A FOOTNOTE? 9 WOMEN OFFENDERS OR OFFENDING WOMEN? Appendix: researching women

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Anne Worrall, Anne Worrell
• Editore: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 07.12.1989
• EAN: 9780415037259
• ISBN: 978-0-415-03725-9
• Pagine: 200
• Serie: Medical Intelligence Unit (Unn
• Categorie: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Sociologia > Teorie sociologiche; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Psicologia > Psicologia applicata; PSYCHOLOGY / Psychopathology / General, Criminal or forensic psychology