This book makes a unique contribution to the internationalisation of criminological
knowledge about gender and desistance through a qualitative cross-national exploration of …

Abstract Resumen Background: Studies reporting similar figures of couple (man-woman)
violence and works questioning the validity of the instruments employed have generated …

Through an examination of the major trends in the last forty years in understanding the
phenomenon of partner violence (PV), we can ascertain the movement from a dichotomous …

Accurate communication of the severity of violence in intimate relations is essential for the
appropriate evaluation of offenders and victims in contexts such as court trials, custody …

Background: The present study aimed to examine pathways to imprisonment for women in
Pakistan. It was hypothesized that early life victimization in women, problematic family …

Drawing on historical and contemporary case studies, Gender and the Violence (s) of War
and Armed Conflict delves into visual as well as text-based materials to unpack gender …

Public discourse tends to position women who have committed crimes of violence as deviant
'others' who transgress gendered expectations about proper womanhood. This othering is …

Most studies dealing with intimate partner violence (IPV) investigate situations where the
man is the aggressor. The present study examines the participants' social perception of IPV …

This article reports on a study which examined the experiences of women in South Africa
after imprisonment. Using in-depth interviews, the experiences of 13 women ex-prisoners …

Female street prostitutes often work within environments where violence is a prominent
feature of daily life. Consequently, they experience high rates of physical and sexual assault …