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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Temple Univ Pr
Publication date
March 3, 1997
Binding
Paperback
Book category
Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13
9781566395083
ISBN-10
1566395089
Dimensions
0.75 by 6.25 by 9.25 in.
Weight
0.65 lbs.
Availability§
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Original list price
$24.95
Other format details
university press
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§As reported by publisher
Summaries and Reviews
Amazon.com description: Product Description: This much-needed book is a concise and accessible account of the contribution of feminist thinking to the study of crime. Tracing the intellectual history of criminology from its scientific foundations in the nineteenth century to its recent encounters with postmodernism, Naffine discusses the ways in which the discipline has established its priorities and values, and shows how men became and remain the central interest of the discipline. Criminologists, she argues, are still reluctant to engage with feminist scholarship which questions their agenda.
Naffine argues that for several decades feminists from a variety of disciplines have been studying crime, producing increasingly refined and sophisticated understandings of the phenomenon. Their interests have ranged widely, from the effects of masculinity and femininity on the propensity to offend, to the ways in which class and race affect the gender dimension of crime. They have pursued difficult questions about the nature of knowledge and the meanings of human behaviour in men and women.
Naffine analyses the treatment of women offenders by the criminal justice system, and women as victims of crime - especially violent crime - and argues for a different understanding of sexual relations between men and women within the crime of rape. Finally, she examines how feminist detective fiction can enliven and enhance the study of crime.
Provocative and well-argued, this timely book will be welcomed by students and researchers in women's studies, gender studies, criminology, sociology and law.
Naffine argues that for several decades feminists from a variety of disciplines have been studying crime, producing increasingly refined and sophisticated understandings of the phenomenon. Their interests have ranged widely, from the effects of masculinity and femininity on the propensity to offend, to the ways in which class and race affect the gender dimension of crime. They have pursued difficult questions about the nature of knowledge and the meanings of human behaviour in men and women.
Naffine analyses the treatment of women offenders by the criminal justice system, and women as victims of crime - especially violent crime - and argues for a different understanding of sexual relations between men and women within the crime of rape. Finally, she examines how feminist detective fiction can enliven and enhance the study of crime.
Provocative and well-argued, this timely book will be welcomed by students and researchers in women's studies, gender studies, criminology, sociology and law.
Editions
Hardcover
from Polity Pr (January 23, 1997)
9780745611631 | details & prices | 208 pages | 5.75 × 9.00 × 0.25 in. | 1.00 lbs | List price $69.95
from Temple Univ Pr (November 1, 1996)
9781566395076 | details & prices | 192 pages | 6.25 × 9.50 × 0.75 in. | 0.85 lbs | List price $54.50
About: Feminism and Criminology reveals criminology's ill-founded disparagement of feminism and its unwillingness to engage theories that would invigorate the discipline.
About: Feminism and Criminology reveals criminology's ill-founded disparagement of feminism and its unwillingness to engage theories that would invigorate the discipline.
Paperback
The price comparison is for this edition
from Temple Univ Pr (March 3, 1997)
9781566395083 | details & prices | 6.25 × 9.25 × 0.75 in. | 0.65 lbs | List price $24.95
About: This much-needed book is a concise and accessible account of the contribution of feminist thinking to the study of crime.
About: This much-needed book is a concise and accessible account of the contribution of feminist thinking to the study of crime.
from Polity Pr (January 23, 1997)
9780745611648 | details & prices | 208 pages | 6.10 × 9.00 × 0.60 in. | List price $24.95
About: This much-needed book is a concise and accessible account of the contribution of feminist thinking t.
About: This much-needed book is a concise and accessible account of the contribution of feminist thinking t.
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