Criminal Women: Gender Matters

Accounts of female offenders’ journeys into the criminal justice system are often silenced or marginalized. Featuring a Foreword from Pat Carlen and inspired by her seminal book ’Criminal Women’, this collection uses participatory, inclusive and narrative methodologies to highlight the lived experiences of women involved with the criminal justice system. It presents studies focused on drug use and supply, sex work, sexual exploitation and experiences of imprisonment. Bringing together cutting-edge feminist research, this book exposes the intersecting oppressions and social control often central to women’s experiences of the justice system and offers invaluable insights for developing penal policies that account for the needs of women.

Maggie O’Neill is Professor in Sociology, University College Cork, Ireland Kate Brown is a lecturer in Social Policy and Crime at the University of York. Sharon Grace is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Social Policy and Social Work at the University of York. . Tammi Walker is Associate Professor in Forensic Psychology in the Department of Psychology at the University of Huddersfield. Hannah King is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology at Durham University. Kate O’Brien is an Assistant Professor, Programme Director of the MSc in Criminology and Criminal Justice at Durham University and Inside-Out facilitator. Alison Jobe is an Assistant Professor of Sociology and Criminology in the Department of Sociology at Durham University. Fiona Measham is a Professor of Criminology in the Department of Sociology at Durham University. Lucy Baldwin is a Senior lecturer in Criminology in the Health and Life Sciences faculty of De Montfort University. Gemma Sciré is CEO of Basis Leeds. Dr Orla Lynch is a Senior Lecturer in Criminology and the Director of Research in the Department of Sociology and Criminology at University College Cork, Ireland.