More than 30 years after the first scholarship of its kind was produced, feminist studies of
crime are more commonplace than ever before. Two recent milestone events—the 20th …

Despite social and governmental responses to battering, many women continue to feel
entrapped in abusive relationships. Using standpoint epistemology, this article examines the …

This essay makes the case for a transformative critical feminist criminology, one that
explicitly theorizes gender, one that requires a commitment to social justice, and one that …

This book makes a unique contribution to the internationalisation of criminological
knowledge about gender and desistance through a qualitative cross-national exploration of …

Precocious adoption of adult roles and responsibilities at an early age often has been linked
to substance abuse and criminal behavior. Yet, much of the existing research suggests that …

Background Previous research into age‐related variables relevant to girls and young
women being involved in commercial sexual exploitation (including prostitution) has not …

A profound, compelling argument for abolition feminism—to protect criminalized survivors of
gender-based violence, we must dismantle the carceral system. Since the 1970s, anti …

Canadian research examining the overlap between Black women's victimization and
criminalization is sparse. This qualitative study addresses this gap by examining the ways in …

With the number of incarcerated women rising in the United States, scholarship and activism
has focused more explicitly on the backgrounds, criminal contexts, and programming needs …

Research indicates that female offenders are far more likely to have experienced intimate
partner violence than women in the general population. Despite extensive research on …