| Offending Women: Female Lawbreakers and the Criminal Justice System Contributor(s): Worrall, Anne (Author) |
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ISBN: 0415037255 ISBN-13: 9780415037259 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $54.10 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 1989 Annotation: "Offending Women" provides a useful theoretical analysis of the discourse surrounding women's deviancy. Based on hundreds of interviews with magistrates, solicitors, psychiatrists, probation officers, and particularly female lawbreakers themselves, the book will be of interest to practitioners in the field as well as those with an interest in criminology and women's studies. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Criminology - Social Science | Sociology - General - Medical | Allied Health Services - General |
| Dewey: 364.374 |
| LCCN: 89-10475 |
| Lexile Measure: 1410 |
| Series: Medical Intelligence Unit (Unnumbered) |
| Physical Information: 0.48" H x 6.46" W x 8.46" (0.67 lbs) 200 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: A useful theoretical analysis of the discourse surrounding women's deviancy. Based on hundreds of interviews with magistrates, solicitors, psychiatrists, probabtion officers, and particularly female lawbreakers themselves this book is key for those studying criminology and women's studies as well as for practitioners. |