A very thorough gendered analysis of crime, responses to crime and criminal victimisation. Davies puts to the fore the Man Question and the Woman Question for both victimology and criminology in an accessible, clearly written and student focused manner whilst never losing sight of the complexities associated with centring the salience of gender. Students, practitioners and academics alike will gain much from this book and its thought provoking exploration of the question of gender and its relationship with crime and victimisation. Professor Sandra Walklate, Eleanor Rathbone Chair of Sociology, University of Liverpool<BR><BR>Gender, Crime and Victimisation offers a comprehensive examination of how gender patterns in offending and victimisation are variously established and represented, researched, explained and responded to by policy makers and criminal justice agencies.<BR><BR>Bringing together key theory, research and policy developments, this important new book combines perspectives on the study of criminology with those of victimology and gender studies - drawing particularly on the influence of feminism. It analyses processes of criminalisation and social control, and their structural biases. It explores fears, anxieties and worries about crime, as well as particular vulnerabilities to victimisation.<BR><BR>The book's nine chapters encompass an historical and contemporary analysis of the most salient developments arising from feminist and masculinist theorising. Gender, Crime and Victimisation provides a stimulating and topical overview that will appeal to undergraduates, postgraduates, academics and researchers.