Criminology at the crossroads : feminist readings in crime and justice / edited by Kathleen Daly and Lisa Maher.

Other author Daly, Kathleen, 1948-
Other author Maher, Lisa.
Format Book
Publication InfoNew York : Oxford University Press, 1998.
Descriptionvi, 290 pages ; 25 cm.
Subjects

SeriesReadings in crime and punishment
Readings in crime and punishment. ^A412166
Contents Crossroads and intersections : building from feminist critique / Kathleen Daly and Lisa Maher. Women of feminist, legal, and criminological discourse. The woman of legal discourse / Carol Smart -- Fallen angels : the representation of violence against women in legal culture / Kristin Bumiller -- Rendering them harmless : the professional portrayal of women charged with serious violent crimes / Hilary Allen -- Postmodernism and feminist criminologies : disconnecting discourses? / Kerry Carrington. Blurred boundaries of victimization and criminalization. "Just every mother's angel" : an analysis of gender and ethnic variations in youth gang membership / Karen A. Joe and Meda Chesney-Lind -- Women on the edge of crime : crack cocaine and the changing contexts of street-level sex work in New York City / Lisa Maher and Richard Curtis -- Women's pathways to felony court : feminist theories of lawbreaking and problems of representation / Kathleen Daly.
Contents Masculinities and violence. Fraternities and rape on campus / Patricia Yancey Martin and Robert A. Hummer -- Is "doing nothing" just boys' play? : integrating feminist and cultural studies perspectives on working-class young men's masculinity / Joyce E. Canaan -- Masculinity, honour, and confrontational homicide / Kenneth Polk. Crossroads and intersections of class-race-gender, politics, and justice. Policing woman battering / Kathleen J. Ferraro -- What is to be gained by looking white people in the eye? : culture, race, and gender in cases of sexual violence / Sherene Razack -- Feminism, punishment, and the potential of empowerment / Laureen Snyder -- "The Black community," its lawbreakers, and a politics of identification / Regina Austin.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references.
LCCN 97018731
ISBN0195113438 (cl : alk. paper)
ISBN0195113446 (paper : alk. paper)