Female Crime, first published in 1987, surveys the major schools of criminology in order to explore the images of the female offender which underpin many contem

The Female Offender challenges the long-standing tradition of male dominated criminology theory and research, which has taken little or no account of gender dif

Taking a sociological approach, this reader addresses the diverse array of crimes against women and offers a compilation of research on this often minimized top

The second edition of Women and Crime is a carefully revised version of what has become the standard text on this subject. It provides a comprehensive review of

Scholarship in criminology over the last few decades has often left little room for research and theory on how female offenders are perceived and handled in the