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Gender And Crime In Modern Europe

Gender And Crime In Modern Europe

Hardcover

Series: Women's and Gender History

CriminologyGeneral European HistoryGeneral World History

ISBN10: 1857287452
ISBN13: 9781857287455
Publisher: Routledge
Published: May 27 1999
Pages: 304
Weight: 1.33
Height: 0.75 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English
This work explores the construction of gender norms and examines how they were reflected and reinforced by legal institutional practices in Europe in this period. taking a gendered approach, criminal prosecution and punishment are discussed in relation to the victims and perpretrators. This volume investigates various representations of femininity by assessing female experiences including wife-beating, divorce, abortion, prostitution, property crime and embezzlement at the work place. In addition, issues such as neglect, sexual abuse and the invention of the juvenile offender are analyzed.

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