Karen Brennan
Women and the Criminal Justice System—Moving Beyond the Silo
Brennan, Karen; Milne, Emma; South, Nigel; Turton, Jackie
Authors
Contributors
Dr Emma Milne emma.milne@durham.ac.uk
Editor
Karen Brennan
Editor
Nigel South
Editor
Jackie Turton
Editor
Abstract
Women’s experiences of crime as both offenders and victims are different to their male counter-parts. They commit less crime, and the crime they commit is generally different to men’s, with less involvement in violent crime, criminal damage or professional crime. Women are much more likely to be victims of sexual and physical assault at the hands of a man they are acquainted with and in the context of relationships. However, women’s involvement with the criminal justice system often results in their isolation, stigmatisation and inadequate support—whether they are victims, offenders or both. This volume considers women’s involvement in criminal justice as a whole—to move beyond the silo of seeing two distinct groups by recognising that for many women there are similarities in both pathways to offending and pathways to victimisation. Furthermore, it aims to put women at the centre of the debate on crime and punishment. Too often in political discussions, academia and media reports, women’s involvement in the system is marginalised, ignored or lost in the concerns about male crime. This introduction highlights the key areas of debate and introduces the contributions by the authors in this collection.
Citation
Brennan, K., Milne, E., South, N., & Turton, J. (2018). Women and the Criminal Justice System—Moving Beyond the Silo. In E. Milne, K. Brennan, N. South, & J. Turton (Eds.), Women and the Criminal Justice System (1-11). Palgrave. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-76774-1_1
Online Publication Date | May 4, 2018 |
---|---|
Publication Date | 2018 |
Deposit Date | Sep 17, 2020 |
Pages | 1-11 |
Book Title | Women and the Criminal Justice System |
Chapter Number | 1 |
ISBN | 978-3-319-76773-4 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-76774-1_1 |
Public URL | https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1656057 |
Related Public URLs | http://eprints.mdx.ac.uk/23550/ |
Contract Date | Nov 17, 2017 |
You might also like
100 Years of the Infanticide Act: The Law in Context
(2023)
Book Chapter
Downloadable Citations
About Durham Research Online (DRO)
Administrator e-mail: dro.admin@durham.ac.uk
This application uses the following open-source libraries:
SheetJS Community Edition
Apache License Version 2.0 (http://www.apache.org/licenses/)
PDF.js
Apache License Version 2.0 (http://www.apache.org/licenses/)
Font Awesome
SIL OFL 1.1 (http://scripts.sil.org/OFL)
MIT License (http://opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.html)
CC BY 3.0 ( http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/)
Powered by Worktribe © 2024
Advanced Search