1. A Gender Lens on Criminology
2. Gender and Criminal Offending
3. Gender and the Criminal Justice System
4. Gender and Crime Victimization
5. Gender and Work in the Criminal Justice System
6. Conclusion
Dana M. Britton is Professor of Labor Studies and Employment
Relations and Director of the Center for Women and Work at the
Rutgers School of Management and Labor Relations. She has published
extensively on gender inequality at work and is the author of At
Work in the Iron Cage: The Prison as Gendered Organization.
Shannon K. Jacobsen is a PhD candidate in the School of Criminal
Justice at Rutgers University. Her research examines the role of
gender in violence and victimization, as well as crime on college
and university campuses. Her work has been published in journals
including Deviant Behavior and the Journal of Criminal Justice
Education.
Grace E. Howard is assistant professor of gender studies at the
University of Southern Indiana and an American Association of
University Women Fellow. Her current work focuses on the politics
of reproduction, examining the roles that race and class play in
the criminal prosecution of pregnant women.
The Gender of Crime is theoretically sophisticated, examining the
topics of import for teaching students to think critically about
the relationships of gender, race/ethnicity, sexuality, class, and
inequality with crime and justice. In addition to its thorough
research coverage, the authors use concrete examples to make key
concepts readily understandable.
*Jody Miller, School of Criminal Justice, Rutgers University*
In this carefully crafted, meticulously researched, and
thoughtfully argued book, the authors turn a gender lens on
criminology, offering clear and nuanced explanations and examples
of how gender (as well as race, class, and sexuality) shape the
commission of crime and our responses to it. The authors also
expose the biases within criminology that, to date, have prevented
us from recognizing the influence of masculinity or the criminal
acts of the government and corporations. This book soundly debunks
persistent and damaging myths about crime, such as the idea that
rape is a rare event committed mainly by strangers and the belief
that women and men participate equally in intimate partner
violence. The authors’ lucid and even-handed explanations make this
an excellent resource for anyone interested in the study of
crime.
*Jeanne Flavin, Fordham University; author of Our Bodies, Our
Crimes: The Policing of Women's Reproduction in America*
This treasure-trove of evidence and insights about gender and crime
in the United States offers a disturbing picture of the dynamics of
criminalization, crime victimization, and the kinds of people (and
entities) that are prosecuted (or not) for committing crimes. The
authors expose as false many widely accepted myths about gender and
crime and continually remind us that race/ethnicity, social class,
and sexual orientation as well as gender are implicated in crime
commission and society’s responses to it. This profoundly
sociological book urges readers to focus on social contexts when
seeking to understand how crime is ‘constructed’ by society
(legislatures, the courts). A comprehensive, insightful,
well-documented analysis, this book is an invaluable resource that
will both inform and prompt debates in coming years.
*Patricia Yancey Martin, Daisy Parker Flory Professor of Sociology
Emerita, Florida State University*
Gender is one of the most powerful predictors of criminal
participation and criminal victimization, yet it remains woefully
undertheorized in criminology. The Gender of Crime offers an
important corrective to this omission. The authors make a
compelling case that gender is not only central to our ability to
understand crime and punishment, but also to our capacity to ensure
the broader democratic guarantee of justice for all.
*Jill McCorkel, Villanova University*
The robust fact that gender (particularly masculinity) is a leading
correlate of crime is confronted by Britton, Jacobsen, and Howard
in a way that is accessible, compelling, and insightful. Weaving a
tapestry from existing research, the authors explore important
social patterns of crime offending, victimization, and the social
institutions that reproduce gender inequalities. Readers will not
forget the immutable lessons found within this book.
*Kimberly J. Cook, University of North Carolina Wilmington*
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