Gender-Based Crime

<p>Featuring contributed chapters written by professionals within the field along with in-depth cases written by the editor <em>Gender-Based Crime: Learning through Experts and Cases </em>provides readers with a diverse and enlightening exploration of the interplay between gender crime offending and victimization. The book also explores how to deal with gender-based crime through criminal justice and alternative approaches.</p><p> </p><p>The text is organized into three distinct sections. Part I Gender and Offending discusses juvenile sex trafficking in the U.S.; gender and mass shootings; gender homicide and suicide; hazing in fraternities and sororities; and LGBTQ perspectives on crime and justice. In Part II Gender and Victimization readers learn about violence against transgender people in the U.S.; the experiences of young boys and men of color in urban spaces; separation and divorce violence against women; sexual violence on college campuses; and sexual harassment gender and the workplace. The final part Criminal Justice and Alternatives for Gender-Based Harm addresses the civil rights approach to gender-based harm the restorative justice approach community activism and problems in the juvenile justice system.</p><p><em> </em></p><p><em>Gender-Based Crime </em>is part of the Cognella Series on Family and Gender-Based Violence an interdisciplinary collection of textbooks edited by Claire Renzetti Ph.D. The titles feature cross-cultural perspectives cutting-edge strategies and interventions and timely research on family and gender-based violence.</p>