"Davidson draws on both quantitative and qualitative analyses to demonstrate that there are significant contextual differences between the onset and continuation of female and male offending. In turn, this challenges the underlying assumptions of risk and need assessments for fe…
An examination of some of the issues concerning custodial and non-custodial penalties and an overview of the current position of women in crime and custody. The book reports on existing provision for women in England and Wales and innovative projects in other countris.
An examination of some of the issues concerning custodial and non-custodial penalties and an overview of the current position of women in crime and custody. The book reports on existing provision for women in England and Wales and innovative projects in other countris.
"A large proportion of late medieval people were accused of some kind of misdemeanour in borough, manorial or ecclesiastical courts at some stage in their lives. The records of these courts bring us as close to ordinary townspeople and villagers as it is possible to get, and sho…
"A large proportion of late medieval people were accused of some kind of misdemeanour in borough, manorial or ecclesiastical courts at some stage in their lives. The records of these courts bring us as close to ordinary townspeople and villagers as it is possible to get, and sho…
"Since the 1980s, when the War on Drugs kicked into high gear and prison populations soared, the increase in women?s rate of incarceration has steadily outpaced that of men. This book draws upon four years of on-the-ground research in a major US women?s prison to uncover why tou…
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.
