Women and the Criminal Justice System : Failing Victims and Offenders? / edited by Emma Milne, Karen Brennan, Nigel South, Jackie Turton.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Milne, Emma, Editor.

Brennan, Karen., Editor.

South, Nigel, Editor.

Turton, Jackie, Editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Critical criminology.

Law and the social sciences.

Juvenile delinquents.

Corrections.

Punishment.

Crime--Sociological aspects.

Crime.

Critical Criminology.

Socio-Legal Studies.

Youth Offending and Juvenile Justice.

Prison and Punishment.

Crime and Society.

Local Subjects:

Critical Criminology.

Socio-Legal Studies.

Youth Offending and Juvenile Justice.

Prison and Punishment.

Crime and Society.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (258 pages)

Edition:

1st ed. 2018.

Place of Publication:

Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.

Summary:

Bringing together academics and professionals, this edited collection considers key issues in current criminal justice policy and practice related specifically to women to answer the important question: are women being failed by the criminal justice system? In a landscape where women's involvement in the criminal justice system still tends to be ignored or lost in discussions about men, contributors place special emphasis on women as both victims and offenders. The chapters cover a wide range of topics relating to women and crime, including: violent and sexual victimisation, violent offending, sentencing and punishment, and rape myths. Since the peak of feminist criminal justice scholarship in the 1990s, the place of women in the criminal justice system has arguably slipped down the agenda and the authors of this collection draw on original research to make the compelling case for a swift remedy to this. Drawing on recent academic studies and professional experience to set an agenda for future research - as well as legal and policy reform - this book injects new life into the dialogue surrounding women and the criminal justice system. Innovative and timely, this collection of essays holds broad appeal to academics and practitioners, as well as students of criminology, criminal justice and law, and all those with an interest in feminism, justice, and inequality.

Contents:

Chapter 1. Introduction: Women and the Criminal Justice System; Karen Brennan, Emma Milne, Nigel South and Jackie Turton

Part 1 Women as Victims and Offenders

Chapter 2. Rape Myths in the Criminal Justice System; Jacqueline M. Gray and Miranda A. H. Horvath

Chapter 3. False Allegations of Sexual Violence; Charlotte Triggs

Chapter 4. Domestic Abuse; Aviah Sarah Day, Angela Jenner and Ruth Weir

Chapter 5. Criminalising Neonaticide; Karen Brennan and Emma Milne

Chapter 6. Understanding Violent Women; Emma Milne and Jackie Turton

Part 2: The Criminal Justice System: Failing or Improving?

Chapter 7. Sentencing Women in the Transformed Probation Landscape; Gemma Birkett

Chapter 8. Why Training Is Not Improving the Police Response to Sexual Violence Against Women; Elizabeth A. Stanko and Katrin Hohl

Chapter 9. Why Focus on Reducing Women's Imprisonment? ; Jenny Earle

Chapter 10. Women, Crime and Criminal Justice; Loraine Gelsthorpe.

ISBN:

9783319767741

3319767747