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Criminology at the Crossroads: Feminist Readings in Crime and Justice
By Kathleen Daly, Lisa Maher
304 pages
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- Oxford University Press
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- New York
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- 1998
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Synopsis
This anthology contains key works in criminology and law by well-known feminist scholars, including Carol Smart, Kristin Bumiller, Hilary Allen, Meda Chesney-Lind, Kathleen Ferraro, and Regina Austin. Themes include the construction of women in feminist, legal and criminological discourses; the blurred boundaries of victimization and criminalization; masculinities and violence; and intersections of class-race-gender. Daly and Maher's introduction gives a brief overview of the field, past and present, ...
This anthology contains key works in criminology and law by well-known feminist scholars, including Carol Smart, Kristin Bumiller, Hilary Allen, Meda Chesney-Lind, Kathleen Ferraro, and Regina Austin. Themes include the construction of women in feminist, legal and criminological discourses; the blurred boundaries of victimization and criminalization; masculinities and violence; and intersections of class-race-gender. Daly and Maher's introduction gives a brief overview of the field, past and present, and analyses shifts in feminist thinking from the 1970s to the 1990s.
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Table of contents
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- Title Page iii
- Contents v
- Chapter 1 Crossroads and Intersections - Building from Feminist Critique 1
- References 14
- Part I - Women of Feminist, Legal, and Criminological Discourses 19
- Chapter 2 - The Woman of Legal Discourse 21
- Notes 32
- References 35
- Chapter 3 Fallen Angels - The Representation of Violence Against Women in Legal Culture 37
- Notes 52
- References 52
- Chapter 4 Rendering Them Harmless - The Professional Portrayal of Women Charged with Serious Violent Crimes 54
- Notes 67
- References 67
- Chapter 5 Postmodernism and Feminist Criminologies - Disconnecting Discourses? 69
- Notes 80
- Title Page iii
- Contents v
- Chapter 1 Crossroads and Intersections - Building from Feminist Critique 1
- References 14
- Part I - Women of Feminist, Legal, and Criminological Discourses 19
- Chapter 2 - The Woman of Legal Discourse 21
- Notes 32
- References 35
- Chapter 3 Fallen Angels - The Representation of Violence Against Women in Legal Culture 37
- Notes 52
- References 52
- Chapter 4 Rendering Them Harmless - The Professional Portrayal of Women Charged with Serious Violent Crimes 54
- Notes 67
- References 67
- Chapter 5 Postmodernism and Feminist Criminologies - Disconnecting Discourses? 69
- Notes 80
- References 82
- Part II - Blurred Boundaries of Victimization and Criminalization 85
- Chapter 6 "Just Every Mother's Angel" - An Analysis of Gender and Ethnic Variations in Youth Gang Membership 87
- Notes 107
- References 107
- Chapter 7 Women on the Edge of Crime - Crack Cocaine and the Changing Contexts of Street-Level Sex Work in New York City 110
- Notes 129
- Chapter 8 Women's Pathways to Felony Court - Feminist Theories of Lawbreaking and Problems of Representation 135
- Notes 151
- Part III - Masculinities and Violence 155
- Chapter 9 - Fraternities and Rape on Campus 157
- Note 168
- References 168
- Chapter 10 - Is "Doing Nothing" Just Boys' Play? Integrating Feminist and Cultural Studies Perspectives on Working- Class Young Men's Masculinity 172
- Notes 185
- References 186
- Chapter 11 - Masculinity, Honour, and Confrontational Homicide 188
- Summing Up 204
- Part IV - Crossroads and Intersections of Class-Race-Gender, Politics, and Justice 207
- Chapter 12 - Policing Woman Battering 209
- References 223
- Chapter 13 What is to Be Gained by Looking White People in the Eye? - Culture, Race, and Gender in Case's of Sexual Violence 225
- Notes 242
- References 243
- Chapter 14 - Feminism, Punishment, and the Potential of Empowerment 246
- Notes 258
- Chapter 15 - "The Black Community," Its Lawbreakers, and a Politics of Identification 262
- Notes 283