标题：Renzetti, Claire M, Miller, Susan L, and Gover, Angela R (eds) (2013) Routledge International Handbook of Crime and Gender Studies. Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge.
期刊名称：International Journal for Crime, Justice and Social Democracy
印刷版ISSN：2202-7998
电子版ISSN：2202-8005
出版年度：2013
卷号：2
期号：1
页码：132-133
DOI：10.5204/ijcjsd.v2i1.99
语种：English
出版社：Queensland Uuniversity of Technology
摘要：As I sit down to write this review, Oscar Pistorius has appeared in court accused of the premeditated murder of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, an event that appears to have hit the newspaper headlines across the global stage. A few months ago, similar widespread coverage was given to the gang rape of a young Indian woman who subsequently died from her injuries. In the United Kingdom the questionable behaviour of a now deceased television celebrity (Jimmy Savile) towards young women in a variety of contexts is subject to ongoing investigation. At the same time the jury is out over the defence claim of ^marital coercion’ being made in court by Vicky Pryce, the ex-wife of the now disgraced former British Member of Parliament and cabinet minister, Chris Huhne. For those of us who have been working in and around these kinds of issues for a number of years, these stories appear all too familiar and their patterning by gender all too common a feature. This books takes a dose look at the efficacy of gender as an explanatory tool, not only for the kinds of familiar events listed above but also for a wide range of crimes and criminal victimisations in which the salience of gender may not look quite so obvious.
