GENDER AND CRIME IN MODERN EUROPE by Meg Arnot (Editor), Cornelie Usborne (Editor) ( 9781857287455 )

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Title:

GENDER AND CRIME IN MODERN EUROPE

By:

Meg Arnot (Editor), Cornelie Usborne (Editor)

Format:

Hardback

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1857287452

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Publisher:

TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD

Pub. date:

27 May, 1999

Series:

Women's and Gender History

Pages:

304

Description:

This volume explores the construction of gender norms and examines how they were reflected and reinforced by legal institutional practices in modern Europe.

Synopsis:

This work explores the construction of gender norms and examines how they were reflected and reinforced by legal institutional practices in Europe in this period. taking a gendered approach, criminal prosecution and punishment are discussed in relation to the victims and perpretrators. This volume investigates various representations of femininity by assessing female experiences including wife-beating, divorce, abortion, prostitution, property crime and embezzlement at the work place. In addition, issues such as neglect, sexual abuse and the "invention" of the juvenile offender are analyzed.

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black & white illustrations

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Routledge

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