Book Review: Contemporary Issues in Criminology. Edited by Michael Levi, Mike Maguire and Lesley Noaks. University of Wales Press; Cardiff, 1995. pp. 436. ISBN 07083 12977. £13.99.; Gender and Crime. Edited by R. Emerson Dobash, Russell P. Dobash and Lesley Noaks. University of Wales Press; Cardiff, 1995. pp. 438. ISBN 07083 13019. £14.95.
| Date | 01 September 1997 |
| DOI | 10.1177/026975809700500106 |
| Published date | 01 September 1997 |
| Author | Karen Evans |
| Subject Matter | Book Reviews |
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These
two
volumes,
combined,
raise
some
interesting questions.
Namely,
together,
they
invite
an
analysis, of
the
data
they
present, of
the
processes
in
which
some
individuals become 'legitimate victims'
and
have
the
full
benefits of that
status
conferred
on
them
(such
as
CJS
'protection')
and
the
conditions
in
which
that
status
and
those
benefits
are
denied
to
others.
Moreover,
the
reading of
these
two
books
together raises questions about
the
relationship between 'victimhood',
practices of violence
and
gendered
identities.
Despite
these
limitations,
Buzawa
and
Buzawa's
and
Wiehe
and
Richards'
books
would
make
a
useful
inclusion
in
any
reading list
for
students
and
others
who
wish
to
know
more
about
the
experiences
and
responses
to
these
two
examples of
crimes
which
are
highly
gendered
in
terms
of
both
offenders
and
victims.
Jo
Phoenix
Bath University, Bath,
UK
CONTEMPORARY
ISSUES
IN
CRIMINOLOGY.
Edited
by
Michael Levi,
Mike
Maguire
and
Lesley
Noaks.
University of
Wales
Press;
Cardiff,
1995.
pp.
436.
ISBN
07083
12977.£13.99.
GENDER
AND
CRIME.
Edited
by
R.
Emerson
Dobash,
Russell
P.
Dobash
and
Lesley
Noaks.
University of
Wales
Press; Cardiff,
1995.
pp.
438.
ISBN
07083
13019.£14.95.
These
two
volumes-
Gender
and
Crime
and
Contemporary
Issues
In
Crimino-
logy
-
are
collections of articles presented
at
the
1993
British Criminology
Conference
which
took
place that year
in
Cardiff.
As
a reader
who
has
recently
altered
focus
from
an
academic
to
a practical interest
in
community safety
and
crime prevention
work,
I
was
much
heartened
to
discover that
both
of
these
volumes could speak
to
the
concerns of
the
practitioner.
Contemporary
Issues
in
Criminology
has
four
sections
and
tackles issues
around
international perspectives
on
criminology, criminal justice, policing
and
prosecution,
and
crime, criminal justice
and
the
underclass.
The
first section
focuses
on
international perspectives. These chapters
are
a
mix
of the empirical
and
the
theoretical.
It
can
be
difficult
to
present
papers
which
focus
on
different
national justice systems
and
concerns
peculiar
to
a country's historical
develop-
ment
with
any
sense of interconnectedness
and
relevance
to
other national
situations. However
the
chapters
in
this
section
do
hang
together
and
inform
each
other.
Brogden's
and
Cain's
writings
are
fascinating insights into a country's past
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