Women, Crime, and Justice: Balancing the Scales

Women, Crime, and Justice: Balancing the Scales presents a comprehensive analysis of the role of women in the criminal justice system, providing important new insight to their position as offenders, victims, and practitioners.

• Draws on global feminist perspectives on female offending and victimization from around the world
• Covers topics including criminal law, case processing, domestic violence, gay/lesbian and transgendered prisoners, cyberbullying, offender re-entry, and sex trafficking
• Explores issues professional women face in the criminal justice workplace, such as police culture, judicial decision-making, working in corrections facilities, and more
• Includes international case examples throughout, using numerous topical examples and personal narratives to stimulate students’ critical thinking and active engagement

Keywords:

criminal justice; women and crime; gender and crime; women and justice; gender; crime; women and violence; womens law; victimology; domestic violence; womens studies; women working in criminal justice