This anthology contains key works in criminology and law. Themes include the construction of women in feminist, legal and criminological discourses; the blurred boundaries of victimization and criminalization; masculinities and violence; and intersections of class-race-gender.

1. Crossroads and Intersections: Building from feminist critique ; PART I WOMEN OF FEMINIST, LEGAL, AND CRIMINOLOGICAL DISCOURSES ; 2. The woman of legal discourse ; 3. Fallen angels: the representation of violence against women in legal culture ; 4. Rendering them harmless: the professional portrayal of women charged with serious violent crimes ; 5. Postmodernism and feminist criminolgies: disconnecting discourses? ; PART II BLURRED BOUNDARIES OF VICTIMIZATION AND CRIMINALIZATION ; 6. "Just every mother's angel": an analysis of gender and ethnic variations in youth gang membership ; 7. Women on the edge of crime: crack cocaine and the changing contexts of street-level sex work in New York City ; 8. Women's pathways to felony court: feminist theories of lawbreaking and problems of representation ; PART III MASCULINITIES AND VIOLENCE ; 9. Fraternities and rape on campus ; 10. Is "doing nothing" just boys' play? Integrating feminist and cultural studies perspectives on working-class young men's masculinity ; 11. Masculinity, honour, and confrontational homicide ; PART IV CROSSROADS AND INTERSECTIONS OF CLASS-RACE-GENDER, POLITICS, AND JUSTICE ; 12. Policing woman battering ; 13. What is to be gained by looking white people in the eye? Culture, race, and gender in cases of sexual violence ; 14. Feminism, punishment, and the potential of empowerment ; 15. "The black community," its lawbreakers, and a politics of identification

"Very good range of interesting, current issues; important in that it includes both violence against women and women as offenders; also extremely important that analyses of race and culture are incorporated."--Evelyn Zellerer, Florida State University

"Very good range of interesting, current issues; important in that it includes both violence against women and women as offenders; also extremely important that analyses of race and culture are incorporated."--Evelyn Zellerer, Florida State University

A carefully edited collection of accessible articles, focusing on the major issues of interest in gender and crime. Articles are written by well-known scholars in the field, including Carol Smart, Regina Austin, and Kristen Bumiller.

A carefully edited collection of accessible articles, focusing on the major issues of interest in gender and crime. Articles are written by well-known scholars in the field, including Carol Smart, Regina Austin, and Kristen Bumiller.