Encyclopedia of Women and Crime - Hardcover

..."thought-provoking theories on how gender impacts on the justice system."-Magistrate

..."this encyclopedia is sure to prove indispensable to the growing number of students of women as criminals, as criminal justice personnel, and as victims before the system of criminal justice."-ARBA

"Though there are reference works that cover aspects of women and crime, this is the first to try to span so much. It is to be commended--and one hopes, improved in a subsequent edition."-Feminist Collections

"Another strong reference from Oryx, this will be useful in criminology and women's studies collections and for large public libraries."-Library Journal

"This well-organized reference tool is recommended for public libaries of any size, as well as high-school and undergraduate libraries. Where it should prove valuable to the researcher, student, casual reader, and librarian."-Booklist/Reference Books Bulletin

?...thought-provoking theories on how gender impacts on the justice system.?-Magistrate

?...this encyclopedia is sure to prove indispensable to the growing number of students of women as criminals, as criminal justice personnel, and as victims before the system of criminal justice.?-ARBA

?Another strong reference from Oryx, this will be useful in criminology and women's studies collections and for large public libraries.?-Library Journal

?Though there are reference works that cover aspects of women and crime, this is the first to try to span so much. It is to be commended--and one hopes, improved in a subsequent edition.?-Feminist Collections

?This well-organized reference tool is recommended for public libaries of any size, as well as high-school and undergraduate libraries. Where it should prove valuable to the researcher, student, casual reader, and librarian.?-Booklist/Reference Books Bulletin

Since the beginning of time, crime has touched women in many ways. The "Encyclopaedia of Women and Crime" is the first reference work to make the history, scope and nature of women and crime available to a wide audience. It covers a period starting in the mid-19th century, including: offenders, offences and theories on offending; victims and theories about victims; the criminal justice system (policing, courts and case processing); and punishment and treatment. A wide variety of issues that affect women appear in the "Encyclopaedia of Women and Crime": battered woman's defence; chronic offenders; data rape; drug offences; elderly victims; feminist perspectives; gender discrimination; HIV and AIDS in prisons; homicide; incest victims; juvenile delinquency and peer influences; kleptomaniacs; lesbian partner battering; organized crime; pornography; forced prostitution; rape law and spousal exemption; sexual abuse of prisoners; stalking; violent crime; and women lawyers and gender differences. This Encyclopaedia offers special focus on crimes where women are often victims, such as domestic violence, rape and sexual harassment.

Key legal issues and case law decisions, women's prisons, prison reformers, and death row inmates are also addressed, along with rehabilitation programmes, why women commit crimes and famous women criminals. Covering mostly US topics but also including Canada, the United Kingdom and Australia, this resource is for users of academic, government, high sdchool, law and public libraries. Interested readers will include students, faculty, lawyers and judges, government officials, victims rights advocates, reformers, and members of the general public.