Women, Crime and Social Harm: Towards a Criminology for the Global Age (Series Published for the Onati Institute for the Sociology of Law)

This book is by and about women. The book examines the harms and crimes to which women are subjected to as a result of global social processes, and their efforts to take control of their own futures. The papers explore the criminogenic and damaging consequences of the policies of the global financial institutions, as well as the effects of growing economic polarization both in pockets of the developed world and most markedly in the global south. Reflecting upon this evidence, in the Introduction the editors necessarily challenge existing criminological theory by expanding and elaborating a conception of social harm that encompasses this range of problems, and exposes where new solutions derived from criminological theory are necessary. A second theme addresses human rights from the standpoint of indigenous women, minority women, and those seeking refuge. As inadequate and individualized as the human rights instruments presently are, for most of these women a politics of human rights emerges as central to achieving legal and political equality, and protection from individual violence. Women in the poorest countries, however, are skeptical as to the efficacy of rights claims in the face of the depredations of international and global capital, and the social dislocation produced thereby. In the end, there is no solution without politics. In both the opening and the closing sections of this book, there are papers which address this. What continues to be special about women's political practice is the connection between the groundedness of small groups and the fluidity and flexibility of regional and international networks. This is the effective politics of the global age. Women, Crime and Social Harm, then, is a new criminology for and by women, which opens up a new criminological terrain for both women and men, and which cannot easily be read without an emotional response. This book of eleven chapters and an Introduction is by and about women, the harms and crimes to which they are subjected as a result of global social processes and their efforts to take control of their own futures. The chapters explore the criminogenic and damaging consequences of the policies of the global financial institutions as well as the effects of growing economic polarisation both in pockets of the developed world and most markedly in the global south. Reflecting on this evidence, in the Introduction the editors necessarily challenge existing criminological theory by expanding and elaborating a conception of social harm that encompasses this range of problems, and exposes where new solutions derived from criminological theory are necessary. A second theme addresses human rights from the standpoint of indigenous women, minority women and those seeking refuge. Inadequate and individualised as the human rights instruments presently are, for most of these women a politics of human rights emerges as central to the achieving of legal and political equality and protection from individual violence. Women in the poorest countries, however, are sceptical as to the efficacy of rights claims in the face of the depredations of international and global capital, and the social dislocation produced thereby. Nonetheless this is a hopeful book, emphasising the contribution which academic work can make, provided the methodology is appropriately gendered and sufficiently sensitive in its guiding ideology and techniques to hear and learn from the all too often 'glocalised' other. But in the end there is no solution without politics, and in both the opening and the closing sections of this book there are chapters which address this. What continues to be special about women's political practice is the connection between the groundedness of small groups and the fluidity and flexibility of regional and international networks: the effective politics of the global age. This book, then, is a new criminology for and by women, a book which opens up a new criminological terrain for both women and men - and a book which cannot easily be read without an emotional response. This Book is by and about women, the harms and crimes to which they are subjected as a result of global social processes and their efforts to take control of their own futures. It explores the criminogenic and damaging consequences of the policies of global financial institutions and the effects of growing economic polarisation, both in pockets of the developed world and in the global south. Reflecting on this evidence, the editors challenge existing criminological theory by expanding and elaborating a conception of social harm that encompasses this range of problems, and exposes where new solutions derived from criminological theory are necessary. A second theme addresses human rights from the standpoint of indigenous women, minority women and those seeking refuge. For most of these women a politics of human rights emerges as central to achieving legal and political equality and protection from individual violence. Women in the poorest countries, however, are sceptical as to the efficacy of rights claims in the face of the depredations of international and global capital, and the social dislocation produced thereby. Nonetheless this is a hopeful book, emphasising the contribution which academic work can make, provided the methodology is appropriately gendered and sufficiently sensitive to hear and learn from the all too often 'glocalised' other. But in the end there is no solution without politics. What continues to be special about women's political practice is the connection between the groundedness of small groups and the fluidity and flexibility of regional and international networks: the effective politics of the global age. This book, then, is a new criminology for and by women, a book which cannot easily be read without an emotional response A Series Published For The Oñati Institute For The Sociology Of Law.--t.p. Criminogenesis And The War Against Drugs : (another) Story Of Absented Women / Maureen Cain -- Violence Against Women : Rethinking The Local-global Nexus In Feminist Strategy / Adrian Howe -- Globalisation, Human Security, Fundamentalism And Women's Rights : Emergent Contradictions / Peggy Antrobus -- The Gender Of Borderpanic : Women In Circuits Of Security, State, Globalisation And New (and Old) Empire / Suvendrini Perera -- Xeno-racism And The Demonisation Of Refugees : A Gendered Perspective / Liz Fekete -- Dangerous Liaisons : Sex Work, Globalisation, Morality And The State In Contemporary India / Brinda Bose -- Global Rights, Local Harms : The Case Of The Human Rights Of Women In Sub-saharan Africa / Esther Kisaakye -- The Globalisation Of International Human Rights Law, Aboriginal Women And The Practice Of Aboriginal Customary Law / Megan Davis -- Women And Natural Disasters : State Crime And Discourses In Vulnerability / Penny Green -- Global Feminist Networks On Domestic Violence / Rhoda Reddock -- Local Contexts And Globalised Knowledge : What Can International Criminal Victimisation Surveys Tell Us About Women's Diverse Lives? / Sandra Walklate. Edited By Maureen Cain And Adrian Howe. A Series Published For The Oñati Institute For The Sociology Of Law. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Hart Publishing (UK) Prelims 2 Contents 10 Introduction Women, Crime and Social Harm: Towards a Criminology for the Global Age 16 Part I Position Papers 34 1 Criminogenesis and the War Against Drugs: (Another) Story of Absented Women 36 2 Violence Against Women: Rethinking the Local–Global Nexus in Feminist Strategy 52 Part II Women on the Move 82 4 The Gender of Borderpanic:Women in Circuits of Security, State, Globalisation and New (and Old) Empire 84 5 Xeno-racism and the Demonisation of Refugees: A Gendered Perspective 110 6 Dangerous Liaisons: Sex Work, Globalisation, Morality and the State in Contemporary India 122 Part III Human Rights − Limits and Possibilities 136 7 Global Rights, Local Harms: The Case of the Human Rights of Women in Sub-Saharan Africa 138 8 The Globalisation of International Human Rights Law, Aboriginal Women and the Practice of Aboriginal Customary Law 152 Part IV Rethinking Social Harm in a Global Context 174 9 Women and Natural Disasters: State Crime and Discourses in Vulnerability 176 10 Global Feminist Networks on Domestic Violence 194 11 Local Contexts and Globalised Knowledges: What Can International Criminal Victimisation Surveys Tell Us About Women’s Diverse Lives? 216 Index 230 ISBN-13:,9781841138428 This title is by and about women, the harms and crimes to which they are subjected as a result of global social processes, and their efforts to take control of their own futures