Masculinities in the Criminological Field

Finally a book from Scandinavia on masculinities and crime! The editors bring together a fascinating diversity of perspectives into an intellectually powerful and provocative volume. Drawing on cutting-edge research, each scholarly chapter compellingly presents new material and/or new understandings of familiar material. This is an impressive volume that will be of much interest to a wide range of criminological, masculinities, and gender scholars. James W. Messerschmidt, University of Southern Maine, USA This collection is a thoughtful, thought-provoking analysis of the relationship between masculinities and crime. Presented as a "Nordic voice", it will have resonance beyond the bounds of Scandinavia. It is conceptually profound, empirically nuanced, and challenges those both within and without criminology who present gender as a simple or simplistic concept. It will undoubtedly become essential reading for anyone who claims to understand crime. Sandra Walklate, University of Liverpool, UK For decades, to study criminology meant to study men, who were so over-represented in the crime data as to be uninteresting. As a new generation of feminist scholars began to explore women's experience in all aspects of crime research, we began, at least to notice males, at least noting men's over-representation in crime, police, courts, and prisons. Now, finally, a new generation has begun to pose the fundamental question about gender - that is, what is the role of masculinity (our cultural ideas about men) that drives, informs and structures crime? This anthology adds to that new investigation, and, one hopes, criminology will never be the same again. Michael Kimmel, Stony Brook University, USA '... the book provides criminological studies that speak squarely to the difficult sociological questions posed by major social theorists like Connell, Butler, Kimmel and others. Taken collectively, this edition is therefore a fantastic contribution to a debate that

Ingrid Lander, Signe Ravn, Nina Jon

Introduction, Ingrid Lander, Signe Ravn, Nina Jon; Part I Negotiating Masculinities in Institutional Settings; Chapter 1 Transforming Cowboy Masculinity into Appropriate Masculinity, Nina Jon; Chapter 2 Doing Masculinity in Youth Institutions, Tove Pettersson; Chapter 3 Be a Man. Not a Bitch. Snitching, the Inmate Code and the Narrative Reconstruction of Masculinity in a Norwegian Prison, Thomas Ugelvik; Chapter 4 Doing the Right Masculinities Right, Ingrid Lander; Chapter 5 The Construction of an Accepted Masculinity, Eivind Myhre, yvind Thomassen; Part II Vulnerable Masculinities; Chapter 6 Masculinity and Victimization, Veronika Burcar; Chapter 7 Armoured Toughness? Multicultural Group Relationships and Crime among Young Men, Pivi Honkatukia, Leena Suurp; Chapter 8 The Narrative of Masculinity in False Reports of Rape, Marie Bruvik Heinskou; Chapter 9 Sexualized War Violence, Anette Bringedal Houge; Part III On the Edge of Control: Risk Taking and Masculinities; Chapter 10 The Dangerous Other? Towards a Contextual Approach to Mens Risk-Taking with Motor Vehicles, Dag Balkmar, Tanja Joelsson; Chapter 11 Virtuous Fighting in Poker Gambling, Simon Simonsen; Chapter 12 Along the Lines of Boys and Girls, Sidsel Kirstine Harder, Signe Ravn; Chapter 13 Sex, Drugs and Masculinities, Lotta Pettersson, Christoffer Carlsson;