Includes bibliographical references and index.

Intro
Title
Copyright
Dedication
Contents
Preface: New Language for a New Way of Thinking
1. The Story of Gender: Definitions, Origins, and Current Issues
2. The Why and How: Theories of Gender, Crime, and Victimization
3. "Manly" Crimes: The Relationship between Masculinity and Criminality
4. "Ladies Only": An Examination of Women and Crime
5. At the Margins: Criminalization in the LGBTQIA+ Communities
6. Gender-Based Online Victimization
7. "Boys Will Be Boys" and "Sugar and Spice": The Relationship between Gender and Victimization 8. The Victimization of Individuals Who Identify as LGBTQIA+
9. Policing Crime: How Gender Influences Arrest Decisions and Court Cases
10. The Gendered Nature of Punishment
11. "Boys' Clubs": Gender and Employment in the Criminal-Legal System
12. Gender, Crime, and the Media
References
Index

Gendering Criminology provides a contemporary guide for understanding the role of gender in criminal engagement and experiences as well as reactions to these offenses among laypersons and agents of social control. The textbook provides evidence for the argument that gender socially situates people in their risks for criminal engagement, victimization, and what occurs in the aftermath of crime: arrest, the judicial process, and sentencing. Aside from investigating the role of men and women, the authors also explore the experiences of LGBTQIA+ communities involved in or working within the crimin