The Gender of Crime introduces readers to how gender shapes our understanding of every aspect of crime. The second edition includes analysis of LGBTQ issues, gender and crime on college campuses, and discussions of how police officers handle gendered crime. This book is essential reading for students of gender, criminology, and criminal justice.
This book provides a starting point for a long overdue movement to elevate "applied gender studies", providing both a reference and guide for researchers, students, policymakers, funders, non-profit leaders, and grassroots advocates.
This book provides a starting point for a long overdue movement to elevate "applied gender studies", providing both a reference and guide for researchers, students, policymakers, funders, non-profit leaders, and grassroots advocates.
Shaped by politics and policy, Gender Justice and the Law presents a collection of essays that contribute to understanding how theoretical practices of intersectionality relate to structures of inequality and relations formed as a result of their interaction.
Shaped by politics and policy, Gender Justice and the Law presents a collection of essays that contribute to understanding how theoretical practices of intersectionality relate to structures of inequality and relations formed as a result of their interaction.
Spoiler alert: gender norms might not be so "normal" after all. Gender is a self-understanding influenced by society, culture and personal experiences. Sex, in contrast, is a biological term. Neither of which is binary! This graphic medicine comic is a unique exploration into the intersection of gender identity, sex and their inherent strangeness.
This book examines gendered power dynamics, long-held patriarchal values, and other harmful attitudes toward women in The Bahamas and Caribbean through the lens of media and law.
That women have entered the work force in large numbers is a well-known economic development, but many questions remain about the effects of this dramatic shift. Have women been truly integrated into the labour market? How have they fared in the competition for fair wages and professional jobs? What has happened to the American family and its ......
This book builds on existing research in relation to gender in the digital world, focusing on representation, engagement and expression. The contributors deal with a wide range of issues that address three specific themes: social media, body image and identity; feminist activism; and gender and digital narratives. In doing so, they raise important ......
