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Breaking rules; Wall Street women

Duration:
28 minutes
First broadcast:
Wednesday 15 August 2012

The first generation of women to establish themselves on Wall Street began their careers in the 1960s. Laurie Taylor hears from Melissa Fisher about her in depth study of the working lives of the women at the heart of America's financial centre, and Liz Bolshaw joins the discussion to bring a comparison with women in The City of London.
Also, Beth Hardie joins Laurie to discuss her new report on youth crime in Peterborough called Breaking Rules. Does morality have a role in preventing people committing crime? Her study uncovers its importance.
Producer: Charlie Taylor.

  • Beth Hardie

    Research Manager, Peterborough Adolescent and Young Adult Development Study, University of Cambridge

    Breaking Rules: The Social and Situational Dynamics of Young People's Urban Crime
    Per-Olof H. Wikström, Dietrich Oberwittler, Kyle Treiber, Beth Hardie
    Publisher: OUP Oxford
    ISBN-10: 0199592845
    ISBN-13: 978-0199592845

    Find out more about Beth Hardie

  • Melissa Fisher

    Visiting Scholar in the Department of Social and Cultural Analysis at New York University

    Wall Street Women: Gender, Class, and Power in America
    Publisher: Duke University Press
    ISBN-10: 0822353458
    ISBN-13: 978-0822353454

    Find out more about Melissa Fisher

  • Liz Bolshaw

    Writer and author of the ‘Women at the Top’ blog for the Financial Times

    Find out more about Liz Bolshaw

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