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Books are listed in order of year of publication - newest titles are at the top. There are 20 books in this booklist
£9.99 paperback (2019) - ISBN 13: 9781784707682 | ISBN 10: 1784707686
Two women a week are killed by a spouse or partner. Every seven minutes a woman is raped. Now is the time for change. Helena Kennedy, one of our most eminent lawyers and defenders of human rights, examines the pressing new evidence that wo ... more
View book details£10.99 paperback (2019) - ISBN 13: 9781473647763 | ISBN 10: 1473647762
Society has never known what to do with its rebellious women. Â Those who defied expectations about feminine behaviour have long been considered dangerous and unnatural, and ever since the Victorian era they have been removed from public view, loc ... more
View book details£16.99 hardback (2019) - ISBN 13: 9781841883328 | ISBN 10: 1841883328
Darkly funny, heartbreakingly poignant and stark in its revelations about the UK’s attitude towards people on the fringes of society and women in general, JAILBIRDS is this year’s book you need to read. “Did you know: – that ... more
View book details£20.00 paperback (2018) - ISBN 13: 9781909976610 | ISBN 10: 190997661x
As a young student and activist for a different social order, Gladys Ambort fell victim to political repression in the Argentina of the 1970s. Denounced by her college professor, she was incarcerated for three years, during part of which she underwen ... more
View book details£8.99 paperback (2018) - ISBN 13: 9781784163082 | ISBN 10: 1784163082
"I loved this book. It made my heart sing. Written by a woman in the law with compassion, wit and legal know-how, these true life courtroom stories tell it like it is."(Helena Kennedy QC) Sarah Langford is a barrister. Her job is to stand in cou ... more
View book details£20.00 paperback (2018) - ISBN 13: 9781784742225 | ISBN 10: 1784742228
What comes after #MeToo? One of our most eminent lawyers and defenders of human rights answers with this urgent, authoritative and deeply shocking look at British justice. Â In Eve Was Shamed Helena Kennedy forensically examines the pressing new e ... more
View book details£68.00 hardback (2013) - ISBN 13: 9780230576681 | ISBN 10: 0230576680
This unique book adopts a rich theoretical, empirical and political perspective to explore the gendered incarceration of women and girls and the marginalization of their needs and rights within predominantly male penal systems. Focusing on a ... more
View book details£10.99 paperback (2012) - ISBN 13: 9781844088881 | ISBN 10: 184408888x
Punjab, Pakistan, June 2009. The temperature is 45 - and Asia has been out picking fruit for several hours. It's exhausting, sweaty work, but Asia and her husband have five children to feed. At midday she goes to the nearest well, picks up ... more
View book details£9.99 paperback (2011) - ISBN 13: 9780957003002 | ISBN 10: 0957003005
A body of evidence of a story that needs to be told. A true story about a pensioner's legal battle that began in the 1970's to which, she encountered a thirty year struggle against the iniquities of the English legal justice system. ... more
View book details£12.99 paperback (2011) - ISBN 13: 9781609801373 | ISBN 10: 1609801377
Unruly Women: The Politics of Confinement & Resistance is the seminal book about women's imprisonment that helped spark examinations around the world into the special circumstances women face in prison, as well as the sex and gender crimes that get t ... more
View book details£11.99 paperback (2011) - ISBN 13: 9780230115224 | ISBN 10: 0230115225
When Nebraska police officer and divorced mother of three Kathryn Bolkovac saw a recruiting announcement for private military contractor DynCorp International, she applied and was hired. Good money, world travel, and the chance to help rebuild a war- ... more
View book details£8.99 paperback (2010) - ISBN 13: 9781844086306 | ISBN 10: 1844086305
'In prison you see only the moves of the enemy. Prison is the hardest place to fight a battle.' 117 Days is Ruth First's personal account of her detention under the iniquitous '90-day' law of 1963. There was no warrant, no charge and no tri ... more
View book details£14.99 paperback (2009) - ISBN 13: 9781558616073 | ISBN 10: 1558616071
This legendary bestseller exposes the truths and consequences of women on the edges of society — women driven to kill. From Lizzie Borden to Jean Harris to Aileen Wuornos, this riveting investigation will change the ways you think about crime a ... more
View book details£23.50 paperback (2008) - ISBN 13: 9781551115931 | ISBN 10: 155111593x
Prisons and Prisoners is the autobiography of aristocratic suffragette Constance Lytton. In it, she details her militant actions in the struggle to gain the vote for women, including her masquerade and imprisonment as the working-class "Jane Warton." ... more
View book details£22.99 hardback (2008) - ISBN 13: 9780787996390 | ISBN 10: 0787996394
Based on five years of investigative reporting and research into forensic psychology and criminology, Erased presents an original profile of a widespread and previously unrecognized type of murder: not a 'hot-blooded', spur-of-the-moment crime of pas ... more
View book details£8.99 paperback (2007) - ISBN 13: 9781846040146 | ISBN 10: 1846040140
Throughout an extraordinary career as a lawyer, writer, activist and dissident Shirin Ebadi has spoken out clearly and strongly for her native Iran and her voice has resonated far beyond its borders. As a dedicated human rights activist and a winner ... more
View book details£21.95 paperback (2006) - ISBN 13: 9781552661871 | ISBN 10: 1552661873
This book introduces readers to key issues addressed by feminists in their engagement with criminology over the past four decades. It explores the narratives of women's lives as "errant females," sex workers, "gang members," and drug traffickers to m ... more
View book details£14.99 paperback (2005) - ISBN 13: 9781770090545 | ISBN 10: 1770090541
Sponsored by the Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation (that initiated the Justice for Women Campaign which seeks to promote the just and equitable treatment of battered women who have killed their abusive partners) and endorsed by the ... more
View book details£25.99 paperback (2004) - ISBN 13: 9781843920687 | ISBN 10: 1843920689
A lucid and highly acclaimed introduction to gender issues in crime and criminal justice, central to any understanding of crime and criminal justice policy and practice. This second edition has been updated to take full account of recent development ... more
View book details£12.99 paperback (2002) - ISBN 13: 9780704347533 | ISBN 10: 0704347539
In this powerful and superbly argued book, Sue Lees exploded the myths about rape that permeate popular opinion, the press and the legal system. Based on innovative research involving victims' account of their experiences, the analysis of police repo ... more
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