Homicide, Gender and Responsibility

An International Perspective
Herausgeber: Fitz-Gibbon, Kate; Walklate, Sandra

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Produktbeschreibung

This collection draws from key frameworks of criminological thought, legal analysis and empirical evidence to critically examine the relationship between homicide, gender and responsibility. It considers lethal violence committed by the state, the corporation, in war and in custody alongside domestic murder to demonstrate the interconnections between them.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 184
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. April 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 157mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 544g
• ISBN-13: 9781138843479
• ISBN-10: 1138843474
• Artikelnr.: 43678019

Autorenporträt

Kate Fitz-Gibbon is a Lecturer in Criminology in the School of Humanities and Social Sciences at Deakin University (Victoria, Australia). Her research examines legal responses to lethal violence, the law of homicide and the impact of criminal law reform across Australian and international jurisdictions. This research has been undertaken with a focus on gender, responsibility and justice. Dr Fitz-Gibbon has advised on homicide law reform reviews in several Australian jurisdictions. Recent publications include: Homicide Law Reform, Gender and the Provocation Defence (2014, Palgrave Macmillan) and Homicide Law Reform in Victoria: Retrospect and Prospects (edited with Arie Freiberg, 2015, The Federation Press). Sandra Walklate is Eleanor Rathbone Chair of Sociology at the University of Liverpool (United Kingdom) and adjunct professor at QUT in Brisbane. Internationally recognised for her work in victimology and research on criminal victimisation, her recent publications include: Victims: Trauma, Testimony, Justice (2015, Routledge with Ross McGarry), The Contradictions of Terrorism (2014, Routledge with Gabe Mythen), Criminology and War: Transgressing the Borders (edited collection, Routledge, 2015, with Ross McGarry). She is currently Editor in Chief of the British Journal of Criminology.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: Homicide, Gender and Responsibility Part I: Making Sense of
the Boundaries between Homicide, Gender and Responsibility 1. A Question of
Provocation or Responsibility? Revisiting the Case of Ruth Ellis and David
Blakely 2. Murder, Manslaughter and Domestic Violence 3. Representing
Intimacy, Gender and Homicide: The Validity and Utility of Common
Stereotypes in Law 4. Constructions of Masculinity and Responsibility in
the Sentencing of Children Who Commit Lethal Violence 5. Murderousness in
War: From Mai Lai to Marine A Part II: Blurring the Boundaries between
Homicide, Gender and Responsibility 6. "He Seems to Come Out as a
Personally Cruel Person": Perpetrator Re-Presentations in Direct Murder
Cases at the ICTY 7. Lethal Violence and Legal Ambiguities: Deaths in
Custody in Australia's Offshore Detention Centres 8. Attributing Criminal
Responsibility for Workplace Fatalities and Deaths in Custody: Corporate
Manslaughter in Britain and Ireland. Conclusion: Concluding Thoughts on
Homicide, Gender and Responsibility