ABSTRACT

A useful theoretical analysis of the discourse surrounding women's deviancy. Based on hundreds of interviews with magistrates, solicitors, psychiatrists, probabtion officers, and particularly female lawbreakers themselves this book is key for those studying criminology and women's studies as well as for practitioners.

chapter |4 pages

INTRODUCTION

chapter 1|9 pages

THEORIZING WOMEN’S EXPERIENCES

chapter 2|17 pages

RULES AND AUTHORITY

chapter 4|22 pages

INVISIBLE WOMEN?

chapter 5|24 pages

GUILTY WOMEN?

chapter 6|17 pages

TREATABLE WOMEN?

chapter 7|19 pages

MANAGEABLE WOMEN?

chapter 8|28 pages

LISTENING TO WOMEN—A FOOTNOTE?

chapter 9|6 pages

WOMEN OFFENDERS OR OFFENDING WOMEN?