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1. Women, Crime and Criminology (Routledge Revivals)

   A Feminist Critique

   By Carol Smart

   Series: Routledge Revivals

   First published in 1977, Women, Crime and Criminology presents a feminist critique of classical and contemporary theories of female criminality. It addresses the issue that criminology literature has, throughout history, been predominantly male-oriented, always treating female criminality as...

   Published October 3rd 2012 by Routledge
2. The Ties That Bind (Routledge Revivals)

   Law, Marriage and the Reproduction of Patriarchal Relations

   By Carol Smart

   Series: Routledge Revivals

   First published in 1984, this book made an important and timely contribution to the development of the idea that the law is a major source of women’s oppression. Based on research of the theory and practice of family law, it examines the way in which private law operates to sustain, reproduce and...

   Published September 4th 2012 by Routledge
3. Regulating Womanhood

   Edited by Carol Smart

   This collection of original essays looks at a topic of growing interest and debate in feminist and historical circles: the social regulation of women through law during the 19th and 20th centuries, and the resistance which emerged in response. The collection refutes the notion of women oppressed...

   Published March 11th 1992 by Routledge
4. Feminism and the Power of Law

   By Carol Smart

   Series: Sociology of Law and Crime

   In this now established text the author presents her analysis of the power of law and argues for a feminist post-structuralist approach. She comments on pornography, as well as discussing recent research on rape trials and abortion legislation....

   Published August 2nd 1989 by Routledge