Gendered Justice?

Jo Roberts is a Lecturer in Criminology and Criminal Justice at the University of South Wales, UK. Roberts has worked in the fields of domestic abuse prevention and women’s offending for the last 15 years, within both research and policy-based roles that have helped inform criminal justice policy and practice.

• Chapter 1. Women And Domestic Abuse Chapter 2. Women And Crime: Situating Women’s Offending Within a Gendered Context Chapter 3. Women’s Pathways into Offending and Domestic Abuse: Does A Relationship Between the Two Exist Outside of a Simple Co-Occurrence?Chapter 4. Women’s Pathways into Offending Manifesting as A By-Product of Attempting to Cope With, Survive, Or Escape Domestic Abuse Chapter 5. May And Robin: How Women’s Involvement in Crime Can Manifest as a By-Product of Coping with or Surviving Domestic Abuse Chapter 6. Charlie, Donna, Skye and Ellie: Offending to Escape or Survive Abuse Chapter 7. Grace, Linda and Shayan: The Long-Term Impact of Surviving Domestic Abuse on Women’s Pathways into Offending Chapter 8. Sian, April and Mary: How Perpetrators of Domestic Abuse Employ the Criminal Justice System as a Mechanism/Weapon of Abuse Chapter 9. Summer And Skye: How A Woman’s Experience of Domestic Abuse Can Affect Her Ability to Carry Out Her Sentence in The Community Chapter 10. Probation Staff Perspectives: The Impact of Women’s Domestic Abuse Victimisation Upon Their Sentencing, Support and Supervision Chapter 11. Conclusions, Recommendations and Implications