Sexual Politics and Social Control
Frances Heidensohn, Professor of Social Policy, Goldsmiths College, University of London,
July 2000
ISBN 0-335-20669-7 (paperback), 0-335-20670-0 (hardback)
Frances Heidensohn is an important criminological thinker
whose books are interesting, innovative and much appreciated by students. In her latest
volume she takes a fresh look at gender and social control, taking account of the new
sociologies of risk and globalization.
Risk, insecurity, gender and victimization are the subject of ongoing debate. Teenage
pregnancy, domestic violence and the supposedly growing aggression of young women are all
new aspects of familiar social issues. Distance and difference are said to be so reduced
that we live in a world where globalization has altered communities and social control in
irrevocable ways. This provocative and challenging book proposes solutions to some of
these problems, draws parallels with the past, and points to lessons to be learned for the
future.
Sexual Politics and Social Control is recommended reading for students, professionals and
researchers in the fields of criminology, gender studies, sociology, politics and social
policy. The price for a paperback copy is £ 15.99 and the price for a hardback copy is £
50.00; prices do not include postage costs. For more information and an order form please
contact Marston Book Services, tel: +44-(0)1235-465550, fax: +44-(0)1235-465555, e-mail:
direct.order@marston.co.uk, or website: http://www.openup.co.uk
Gender and Policing, comparative perspectives
Jennifer Brown and Frances Heidensohn, July 2000
ISBN 0-333-73061-5 (paperback),
0-33-73060-7 (hardback)
This is the first book to offer a comprehensive and
wide-ranging survey of women’s role in policing, drawing both on the author’s
original comparative research and on the questions, theories and findings raised by the
existing literature. Within a global and historically sensitive framework, the book
explores such themes as the gender dimension of policing, the representation of
policewomen, the extent to which different national traditions diverge or converge, the
strategies adopted by policewomen and their colleagues or organisations in order to
address the particular problems and challenges that their role raises.
Jennifer Brown is Reader in Psychology at the University of Surrey. She was Head of
Research at Hampshire Constabulary for eight years and has researched and published
extensively on policing.
Frances Heidensohn has written and researched extensively on crime, social control and
gender and has especial interest in comparative studies. She is Professor of Social Policy
at Goldsmiths College, University of London and is the author of many books, including
‘Crime and Society’, ‘Women and Crime’ (now in its second edition),
and ‘Women in Control’.
The price for a paperback copy is £ 15.99 and the price for a hardback copy is £ 47.50;
prices do not include postage costs. For more information and an order form please contact
Fiona Woodruffe-Peacock, tel: +44-(0)1256-302611, fax: +44-(0)1256-330699 or
e-mail: f.woodruffe-peacock@macmillan.co.uk
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