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Coercion and Women Co-offenders

A Gendered Pathway into Crime

Charlotte Barlow author

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Policy Press

Published:14th Sep '16

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This is the first book to explore coercion as a pathway into crime for co-offending women. Using newspaper articles and case and court files, it analyses four cases of women co-accused of a crime with their partner who suggested that coercive techniques had influenced their involvement in the offending. Considering the legal and social construction of coercion, this fascinating book concludes by exploring the implications for public understanding of coercion and female offending more broadly.

“Barlow brings a fresh approach to understanding how women’s offending behaviour is represented differently by the media, the legal profession and by women themselves and develops the helpful notion of a `continuation of coercion’” Karen Ross, Newcastle University

ISBN: 9781447330981

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: unknown

112 pages