This book examines why female offenders experience very different treatment by the UK courts than that afforded men, how the situation is perpetuated, and what the implications are for women. It looks at the wholly inadequate categorizations applied to women who offend and the i…
Offending Women provides an interesting and useful theoretical analysis of the discourse surrounding women's deviancy.
Female offenders experience very different treatment from male offenders at the hands of the courts and welfare agencies. In Offending Women, former probation officer Anne Worrall draws on detailed empirical research to examine why this is, how the situation is perpetuated, and …
Offending Women provides an interesting and useful theoretical analysis of the discourse surrounding women's deviancy.