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This pathbreaking book brings to bear a sweeping body of contemporary intersectional feminist work to disrupt the entire discipline of criminology. Women have been largely absent from criminologica...
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15 July 2025

This pathbreaking book brings to bear a sweeping body of contemporary intersectional feminist work to disrupt the entire discipline of criminology. Women have been largely absent from criminological theory, research, policy, and practice. This fresh, conversational book critiques the field's dominant theories by analyzing gendered patterns of perpetration and victimization and challenging traditional criminological perspectives on characteristics such as race and queerness. Designed as a rebuttal to conventional criminology textbooks, the book mirrors standard course content through an intersectional feminist lens, offering students a valuable opportunity to question the field's underpinnings and forge a new path to understanding the true meaning of justice.
Organized in fourteen chapters, each chapter includes accessible learning aids for students:
Organized in fourteen chapters, each chapter includes accessible learning aids for students:
- A review of how traditional criminology textbooks cover the topic
- Critical perspectives on the topic
- Critical thinking breaks
Price: $95.00
Pages: 320
Publisher: University of California Press
Imprint: University of California Press
Publication Date:
15 July 2025
Trim Size: 9.00 X 6.00 in
ISBN: 9780520380288
Format: Hardcover
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Venezia Michalsen is Associate Professor of Sociology at Southern Connecticut State University and author of Mothering and Desistance in Re-Entry.
Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Change Your Lens!
Part I: "This Bridge Called My Back": Research Methods and Criminological Theories
1. Research Methods
2. Classical and Neo-classical Theories
3. Biological and Positivist Theories
4. Psychological Theories
5. Social Process and Social Development Theories
6. Social Structure Theories
7. Theories of Victimology
8. Critical Criminology
Part II: "Our Bodies, Ourselves": Types of Crimes
9. Crimes against People
10. Crimes against Property
11. White-Collar and Environmental Crimes
12. Public Order Crimes
Part III: "The Master's Tools": The Criminal Justice System
13. Reforming Police, Courts, and Corrections
14. Abolition
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Change Your Lens!
Part I: "This Bridge Called My Back": Research Methods and Criminological Theories
1. Research Methods
2. Classical and Neo-classical Theories
3. Biological and Positivist Theories
4. Psychological Theories
5. Social Process and Social Development Theories
6. Social Structure Theories
7. Theories of Victimology
8. Critical Criminology
Part II: "Our Bodies, Ourselves": Types of Crimes
9. Crimes against People
10. Crimes against Property
11. White-Collar and Environmental Crimes
12. Public Order Crimes
Part III: "The Master's Tools": The Criminal Justice System
13. Reforming Police, Courts, and Corrections
14. Abolition
Notes
Bibliography
Index