Criminal Women: Gender Matters

Accounts of female offenders' journeys into the criminal justice system are often silenced or marginalised. Featuring a Foreword from Pat Carlen, and updating her seminal book 'Criminal Women', this collection uses participatory, inclusive and narrative methodologies to highlight the lived experiences of these women. It presents studies focused on drug use and supply, sex work, sexual exploitation and experiences of imprisonment including self-harm, maternal loss and education. Bringing together cutting-edge feminist research, this book exposes the oppression and social control which is often central to women's experiences of the justice system. The contributors offer invaluable insights for the development of penal policies which account for the needs of women.