Crime, Criminal Justice and Masculinities

Crime, Criminal Justice and Masculinities
Title Crime, Criminal Justice and Masculinities PDF eBook
Author Stephen Tomsen
Publisher Routledge
Pages 514
Release 2017-07-05
Genre History
ISBN 1351570676

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This volume features the leading contemporary articles that are part of, or related to, the 'new masculinities' approach in this sphere. These comprise an impressive range of theoretical and empirical work including important cultural and ethnographic analyses. They emphasise the relationship between masculinities, the causes and patterns of most criminal offending and victimisation and the broader workings of the wider criminal justice system of policing (public and private), criminal courts, corrections and prisons. All of the material has been selected from flagship international journals and was produced by a global mix of male and female researchers with diverse disciplinary backgrounds. These scholars share the view that masculinities are plural, socially constructed, reproduced in the collective social practices of different men and embedded in institutional and occupational settings. Furthermore, masculinities are intricately linked with social struggles for power that occur between men and women and different men. Crime, criminal justice and their cultural representation are key terrain for these masculine contests and are always overlain with issues such as social class, age, race/ethnicity and sexuality.

Masculinities, Crime and Criminology

Masculinities, Crime and Criminology
Title Masculinities, Crime and Criminology PDF eBook
Author Richard Collier
Publisher SAGE Publications Limited
Pages 232
Release 1998-11-10
Genre Business & Economics
ISBN

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This work looks at whether crime is a masculine phenomenon, and why crime is so overwhelmingly an activity conducted by men. The author explores a series of high-profile events and debates around crime, criminal justice and social (dis)order.

The Oxford Handbook of Gender, Sex, and Crime

The Oxford Handbook of Gender, Sex, and Crime
Title The Oxford Handbook of Gender, Sex, and Crime PDF eBook
Author Rosemary Gartner
Publisher Oxford Handbooks
Pages 745
Release 2014
Genre Law
ISBN 0199838704

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The editors, Rosemary Gartner and Bill McCarthy, have assembled a diverse cast of criminologists, historians, legal scholars, psychologists, and sociologists from a number of countries to discuss key concepts and debates central to the field. The Handbook includes examinations of the historical and contemporary patterns of women's and men's involvement in crime; as well as biological, psychological, and social science perspectives on gender, sex, and criminal activity. Several essays discuss the ways in which sex and gender influence legal and popular reactions to crime. An important theme throughout The Handbook is the intersection of sex and gender with ethnicity, class, age, peer groups, and community as influences on crime and justice. Individual chapters investigate both conventional topics - such as domestic abuse and sexual violence - and topics that have only recently drawn the attention of scholars - such as human trafficking, honor killing, gender violence during war, state rape, and genocide.

Masculinities and Crime

Masculinities and Crime
Title Masculinities and Crime PDF eBook
Author James W. Messerschmidt
Publisher Rowman & Littlefield
Pages 260
Release 1993
Genre Social Science
ISBN 9780847678693

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Challenging the common masculinist character of criminological research, James W. Messerschmidt develops an elaborate scrutiny of the gender roles that, along with class and race, influence the occurrence and types of crimes in our society.

New Perspectives on Prison Masculinities

New Perspectives on Prison Masculinities
Title New Perspectives on Prison Masculinities PDF eBook
Author Matthew Maycock
Publisher Springer
Pages 348
Release 2018-02-21
Genre Social Science
ISBN 3319656546

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This edited collection utilises recent advances in theories on masculinities to explore and analyse the ways in which prisons shape performances of gender, both within prison settings and following release from prison. The authors assess here how the highly gendered world of the prison (where the population is overwhelmingly male in most countries) impacts upon the performance of masculinities. Including original pieces from England, Australia, Scotland and the USA, as well as contributions which take a broader methodological and conceptual approach to masculinity, this engaging and original collection holds international appeal and relevance. Cumulatively, the chapters illustrate the importance of considering a nuanced understanding of masculinity within prison research, and as such, will be of particular interest for scholars of penology, gender studies, and the criminal justice system.

Male, Failed, Jailed

Male, Failed, Jailed
Title Male, Failed, Jailed PDF eBook
Author David Maguire
Publisher Springer Nature
Pages 243
Release 2020-11-02
Genre Social Science
ISBN 3030610594

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The profile of prisoners across many Western countries is strikingly similar – 95% male, predominantly undereducated and underemployed, from the most deprived neighbourhoods. This book reflects on how similarly positioned men configure masculinities against global economic shifts that have seen the decimation of traditional, manual-heavy industry and with it the disruption of long-established relations of labour. Drawing on life history interviews and classical ethnography, the book charts a group of men’s experiences pre, during and post prison. Tracking the development of masculinities from childhood to adulthood, across impoverished streets, ‘failing’ schools and inadequate state ‘care’, the book questions whether this proved better preparation for serving prison time than working in their local, service-dominated, labour markets. It integrates theories of crime, geography, economics and masculinity to take into account structural and global economic shifts as well as individual long-term perspectives in order to provide a broad examination on pathways to prison and post prison.

Crime Control and Women

Crime Control and Women
Title Crime Control and Women PDF eBook
Author Susan L. Miller
Publisher SAGE Publications
Pages 227
Release 1998-02-12
Genre Social Science
ISBN 1452250480

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With recent "tough on crime" policies of the 1990s, the negative impact on women and children reverberates with social unawareness. Using a feminist perspective, Crime Control and Women explores the adverse effects of the U.S. crackdown on crime. Edited by Susan L. Miller, this book exposes the unintended consequences of today crime control policies: how cuts from social services to pay for crime control can disproportionately affect women; how women incur increased responsibility for family while men serve longer sentences; and how government often victimizes women as third parties when women are associated with criminals. Using policy-oriented contributions, the book discusses empirically driven and theoretically driven implications of today crime control policies. Miller provides a substantive introductory overview and a concluding summary, creating a cohesive text that emphasizes a reduction in crime through commitments to prevention, education, and treatment. A timely book, Crime Control and Women is vital for criminal justice academics and practitioners, mental health professionals, and policy makers. It future implications also make it an essential component for courses related to criminology, criminal justice, gender studies, sociology, public policy, and social work.