Feminist Criminology

by Claire M. Renzetti

Book Overview

Feminist criminology grew out of the Women's Movement of the 1970s, in response to the male dominance of mainstream criminology - which meant that not only were women largely excluded from carrying out criminological research, they were also barely considered as subjects of that research.

In this volume, Claire Renzetti traces the development of feminist criminology from the 1970s to the present, examining the diversity of feminisms which...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415381428
• ISBN13: 9780415381420
• Release Date: May 2013
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.1" x 7.5"