Comprehensive, critical and accessible, Criminology: A Sociological Introduction offers an
authoritative overview of the study of criminology, from early theoretical perspectives to …

Human trafficking as a global phenomenon continues to elude accurate quantitative
measure, and remains a controversial policy domain significantly influenced by anecdotal …

This article explores legal, scholarly and social responses to women identified as sex
offenders. While much has been written on the male paedophile, rapist and sex offender …

The Palgrave Critical Criminological Perspectives book series aims to showcase the
importance of critical criminological thinking when examining problems of crime, social harm …

This book explores the morality of love and sex, and how distortions of these sometimes
develop into abuse. Hayes argues that there are strong similarities between different kinds …

Premises associated with commercial sex—including brothels, striptease clubs, sex
cinemas, and sex shops—have increasingly been accepted as legitimate land uses, albeit …

Over the past few decades, feminist criminology has done much to advance our knowledge
about the complex intersections among gender, sex, and crime. Early feminist critiques of …

Despite important moves towards gender equality, the experience of the night-time city
remains profoundly different for women and men. The visibility of self-styled 'gentleman's …

The focus of this chapter is on children's citizenship and the political geographical
landscape in which decisions about their best interest are made through state practices …

Heteronormal histories have been shaped by a recurring set of debates about what kinds of
explicit sexual expression and representation are publicly allowed, structured by a form of …