Charlotte Barlow

Coercion and women co-offenders

A gendered pathway into crime

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What role does coercion play in women's involvement in crime? This is the first book to explore coercion as a pathway into crime for co-offending women. Using newspaper articles and case and court files, it analyses four cases of women co-accused of a crime with their partner who suggested that coercive techniques had influenced their involvement in the offending. Based on a feminist perspective, it highlights the importance of gender role expectations and gendered discourses in how the trials were conducted, and the ways in which the media framed the trials (and the women). Considering the legal and social construction of coercion, this… Mehr

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Produktdetails

ISBN: 978-1-4473-3100-1
EAN: 9781447331001
Produktnummer: 20594180
Verlag: Policy Press
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2016
Seitenangabe: 112 S.
Plattform: EPUB
Masse: 209 KB
Auflage: 1. Auflage

Über den Autor

Dr Charlotte Barlow is a Lecturer in Criminology at Lancaster University and has previously worked at Birmingham City University. Charlotte graduated with First Class Honours from Keele University and completed her PhD at the University of Liverpool, graduating in 2015. Charlotte's broad research interests include female offending, media representations of crime and deviancy and violence against women and girls.