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Chapter 17

References from the book:

Evans, K. and Jamieson. J. (2008)(eds.) Gender and Crime: A Reader. Buckingham: Open University Press.
A collection of both classic and groundbreaking readings which illustrate how gender informs criminology. The final chapter by the editors sets out the challenges that the gender and crime question has posed for criminology and its impact on the discipline.

Heidensohn, F. (2006) Gender and Justice: New Concepts and Approaches. Cullompton: Willan Publishing. Basingstoke: Macmillan.
This edited collection brings together a range of established and new writers with a shared concern for exploring the relationship between gender and justice. Its coverage is broad, examining both offending behavior and official responses to it.

Newburn, T. and Stanko, E. (eds) (1994) Just Boys Doing Business: Men, Masculinities and Crime. London: Routledge.
This edited collection explores the relationship between masculinity and crime. The chapters describe the ways in which masculinity is essential to understanding men’s involvement in crime, their experiences of victimization, and the dynamics within criminal justice agencies.

Silvestri, M. and Crowther-Dowey, C. (2008) Gender and Crime. London: Sage.
This new textbook provides a comprehensive and critical introduction to the relationship between gender and crime and brings a human rights perspective to the debates.

Winlow, S. (2001) Badfellas: Crime, Tradition and New Masculinities. Oxford: Berg.
This research monograph brings complex debates around masculinity and crime to life. It draws upon covert research with professional criminals and violent men and explores the ways in which male identity is expressed each day though a range of activities including criminal ones.

Further references:

Arnot, M. & Usborne, C. (eds.) (1999) Gender and Crime in Modern Europe. London: UCL Press.
Introduction to issues of gender and crime.
 
Carlen, P. (1998) Sledgehammer: Women’s Imprisonment at the Milennium,
Basingstoke: Macmillan
Key Writer, key book.

Carlen, P. (ed) (2002) Women and Punishment: the Struggle for Justice, Cullompton: Willan
As above.

Heidensohn, F. (1997) "Gender and Crime" in Maguire, M., Morgan, R. & Reiner, R. (eds.) The Oxford Handbook of Criminology. Oxford, OUP.

Heidensohn, F. (1996) Women and Crime (2nd edition) Basingstoke: Macmillan/Palgrave.
Heidensohn’s work represents a detailed analysis of female involvement within crime and the criminal justice sytem.

Lees, S. (1997) Carnal Knowledge: Rape on Trial, London: Penguin
Understanding the complexities and difficulties of rape and rape cases.

Mooney, J. (2000) Gender, Violence and Social Order, Houndmills: Macmillan Press
Another key writer and another key reading on the subject.

Rafter, N.H. & Heidensohn F.M. (eds.) (1995) International Feminist Perspectives in Criminology. Buckingham: Open University Press.
Feminist perspectives on Criminological issues.

Walklate, S. (2000) Gender, Crime and Criminal Justice, Cullompton: Willan

Worrall, A. (1990) Offending Women, London: Routledge
Research into the motivations for and actions of women as offenders.