Offending Women: Female Lawbreakers and the Criminal Justice System

by Anne Worrall

Overview

A useful theoretical analysis of the discourse surrounding women's deviancy. Based on hundreds of interviews with magistrates, solicitors, psychiatrists, probabtion officers, and particularly female lawbreakers themselves this book is key for those studying criminology and women's studies as well as for practitioners.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781138145863
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	07/10/2016
Series:	Medical Intelligence Unit (Unnumbered)
Pages:	200
Product dimensions:	5.44(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

About the Author

Anne Worrall

Table of Contents

Introduction 1 THEORIZING WOMEN’S EXPERIENCES 2 RULES AND AUTHORITY 3 NOT MAD ENOUGH, NOT BAD ENOUGH: FIFTEEN FEMALE LAW-BREAKERS 4 INVISIBLE WOMEN? 5 GUILTY WOMEN? 6 TREATABLE WOMEN? 7 MANAGEABLE WOMEN? 8 LISTENING TO WOMEN—A FOOTNOTE? 9 WOMEN OFFENDERS OR OFFENDING WOMEN? Appendix: researching women