Routledge International Handbook of Crime and Gender Studies

Book Overview

Criminological research has historically been based on the study of men, boys and crime. As a result, the criminal justice system's development of policies, programs, and treatment regimes was based on the male offender. It was not until the 1970s that some criminologists began to draw attention to the neglect of gender in the study of crime, but today, the study of gender and crime is burgeoning within criminology and includes a vast literature.

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 103292232X
• ISBN13: 9781032922324
• Release Date: October 2024
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 334 Pages