Gendered Justice?: How Women's Attempts to Cope With, Survive, or Escape Domestic Abuse Can Drive Them Into Crime Roberts Jo

Specifikacia Gendered Justice?: How Women's Attempts to Cope With, Survive, or Escape Domestic Abuse Can Drive Them Into Crime Roberts Jo

Women who encounter the criminal justice system are far more likely to have experienced domestic or sexual abuse than the wider female population. Despite widespread recognition of the link between a woman's victimisation and her involvement in crime, the relationship between the two is still not well understood. Gendered Justice? illustrates how a woman's involvement in crime can manifest as a by-product of her attempts to cope with, survive, or escape domestic abuse.Referencing the first UK-based research of its kind, Roberts explores how a woman's involvement in crime can be explained or contextualised by her experience of domestic abuse. Drawing on the experiences of women serving community-based sentences, all of whom had been subjected to domestic abuse, the author analyses a variety of situations which illustrate how women can become involved in crime when