Sisters in Crime Revisited: Bringing Gender Into Criminology

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Distinctive Features Surveys the pivotal works of leading scholars in the field of criminology from the earliest female criminologists to contemporary scholars providing a thorough examination of women and crime from the past to the present Pays homage to Freda Adler whose scholarly and balanced research on female criminals lays the foundation for the discussion of the history and development of female offending Navigates through such important criminological questions as: Why do women offend? How do their paths into crime differ from mens? Why is there a gap in crime rates between men and women? Examines how conceptions of masculinity often embedded in male peer groups result in crime and in the victimization of women Addresses how female offenders interact with and are processed by the legal system covering the complicated relationship between gender and justice