The Routledge International Handbook of Crime and Gender Studies presents original essays from scholars from around the world in an effort to broaden our understanding of international issues related to gender and crime. It shows how social variables such as race/ethnicity, social class, sexual orientation, age, and ability status, intersect with gender to produce differential outcomes to a particular gender and crime topic.ãIt introduces up-to-date perspectives within the following six topical areas: theoretical and methodological approaches to the study or gender and crime, gender and victimization, gender and offending, gendered justice, gendered work in the criminal justice system, and future directions in gender and crime research. Additionally, the Handbook incorporates international/cross-cultural data and discussion.ãThe Routledge International Handbook of Crime and Gender Studies is aimed to satisfy the global demand bal intended for academics, advanced students, researchers, and policy-makers globally.