Gendered Responses to Male Offending in Barbados

Patriarchal Perceptions and Their Effect on Offender Treatment
1. Auflage 2020
ISBN: 978-0-367-18341-7
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 124 Seiten, Format (B × H): 145 mm x 222 mm, Gewicht: 300 g

Reihe: Routledge Studies in Crime and Society

It is generally accepted that men commit more crimes than women. The widespread acceptance of this view is based primarily on the number of convictions with most jurisdictions reporting considerably fewer incarcerated women/girls than men/boys. This manuscript argues however that decisions made by the various stakeholders that play a role in the incarceration of men are inherently gendered. These decisions are based on patriarchal perceptions and stereotypes related to the familial roles of men and women, and by extension their motivations or offending. Few studies have sought to explore the nature of these perceptions, and the effect these may have on incarceration patterns. Indeed, this form of inquiry remains absent from the research agenda of Caribbean criminologists. Using qualitative data from Barbados, this book analyses the extent to which these factors are taken into consideration not only by the police and members of the judiciary, but by examining the gendered decisions made by shop managers and proprietors in cases involving shoplifting, it seeks to analyse the extent to which these factors are taken into consideration before incidents reach the justice system. Critically, this book seeks also to juxtapose these assumptions against testimony from men incarcerated at Her Majesty’s Prison. The large proportion of males in Caribbean prisons when compared to their female counterparts necessitates an investigation into the factors that may contribute to differential treatment as they move through the justice system. Using data from Barbados, the present study seeks to fill this need.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Bailey, Corin

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Kriminalsoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gender Studies, Geschlechtersoziologie
• Rechtswissenschaften Strafrecht Kriminologie, Strafverfolgung

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of abbreviations

1 Introduction

2 Concepts and context

3 Gender and family relations in Barbados and the Caribbean

4 The intersection between male offending, civil society and the police

5 Gendered decision making in the courts

6 The voices of male offenders: responses to poverty and threatened masculinity

7 Conclusion

References

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Corin Bailey is a Senior research Fellow at the Sir Arthur Lewis Institute of Social and Economic Studies at the University of the West Indies, Cave Hill Campus. He is a sociologist with a specific focus on crime and poverty-related research.