Advancing feminist understandings of woman abuse: the value of old wine in new bottles by Walter S. DeKeesredy

“…Despite making some of the most important advances in the social scientific study of woman abuse, feminist sociological research and theorizing that prioritize the concept of patriarchy have leveled off or declined in the last 15 years due, in large part, to the current hegemony of mainstream criminologists fundamentally opposed to a rich gendered understanding of one of the world's most compelling social problems. …”
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“An Enormous Amount of Human Waste”: Self-esteem, Capitalism, and the US Prison, 1973-1989 by Anaïs Lefèvre

“…Using articles from major newspapers, transcripts of congressional hearings, political speeches, and publications by prison administrators and criminologists, this article argues that the “self-esteem” concept was exploited by prison administrators to present rehabilitation and labor programs as legitimate and efficient. …”
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Un roman néo-gothique : The Three Impostors d’Arthur Machen (1895) by Claire Wrobel

“…The contemporary threats of New Women and democratization are casually brushed aside, but Machen fully draws upon the anxiety generated by the possibility of reversion opened up by the theory of evolution and explored by anthropologists and criminologists. Moreover, he breaks the original systematic association of « Gothic » and « barbaric » with « medieval » in order to include the refined cruelties and mysteries of pagan rites in his abject visions. …”
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The impact of economic, social and health crises on victims of domestic violence by Andrea Domokos

“…There have been and are ongoing conflicts in the world, which have been scrutinised by economists, sociologists, criminologists, health professionals and lawyers alike in recent years. …”
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