This textbook takes a gender inclusive and intersectional feminist approach to examining key
topics related to gender crime and justice. It provides an overview and critical discussion of
contemporary issues and research in this area suitable for use in undergraduate and
postgraduate degree modules. A key feature of the book is its use of films television series
and documentaries to illustrate the concepts and findings from criminological research on
gender crime and justice. After outlining the meaning of gender and the perspective of
intersectional feminism it has chapters focused on interpersonal and sexual violence sex work
and the night-time economy street crime crimes of the powerful policing and the courts
prison and community penalties and a final chapter on extreme punishment and abolitionist
futures. It speaks to students and academics in criminology sociology and gender studies.
