Gendered risks / edited by Kelly Hannah-Moffat and Pat O'Malley.

"A GlassHouse book."

"First published in 2007. Transferred to Digital Printing 2009."--T.p. verso of paperback edition

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Gendered risks : an introduction / Kelly Hannah-Moffat, Pat O'Malley -- From familial disease to "genetic risk" : harnessing women's labour in the (co)production of scientific knowledge about breast cancer / Jessica Polzer, Ann Robertson -- The "decision trap" : how genetic counseling transforms pregnant women into managers of fetal risk profiles / Silja Samerski -- Risk, edgework, and masculinities / Stephen Lyng, Rick Matthews -- Engaging in a culture of barebacking : gay men and the risk of HIV prevention / Kane Race -- Criminal justice and "risky" masculinities / Gaynor Bramhall, Barbara Hudson -- Gender risks of retirement : the legal governance of defined contribution pensions in Canada / Mary Condon -- Risk and criminal victimization : exploring the fear of crime / Sandra Walklate -- Sentenced to treatment, sentenced to harm : women, risk, and the drug treatment courts / Dawn Moore, Tara Lyons -- Getting mad wi'it' : risk seeking by young women / Susan A. Batchelor -- Gendering dynamic risk : assessing and managing the maternal identities of women prisoners / Kelly Hannah-Moffat.