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"Gendering Criminology explores issues pertaining to victimization, individuals involved in the criminal-legal system and those working within in the system that are unique to females, males and individuals within the LGBTQIA (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex, asexual) communities. Each chapter provides an overview of each topic, and delves in the literature in the area. Additionally, each chapter also provides active learning activities designed to fully immerse and engage students in the material, current and relevant media bytes to bring the lessons to life, and case studies that illustrate the content. Gendering Criminology provides a contemporary guide for the reader to understand the place that gender has in society, as well as how it pertains to crime, victimization and professions"--.