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More copies of this ISBN:Criminal Justice System and Women : Offenders, Prisoners, Victims, and Workers (3RD 04 Edition)by Barbara Raffel Price
Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments:Consisting of original essays commissioned for the volume from leading scholars, as well as a number of recently published, important articles in the field, this anthology provides a comprehensive overview of the ways in which women affect and are affected by crime and the criminal justice system. Analysis is grounded in feminist scholarship and activism, and anchored in perspectives that orient women's crime, imprisonment, victimization, and survival in a race, class, and gender perspective. Synopsis:Consisting of original essays commissioned for the volume from leading scholars (especially criminologists and feminists), and a number of recently published, important articles in the field, this book provides a comprehensive overview of how women both affect and are affected by crime and the criminal justice system. The book looks at the underlying social, economic, racial, and cultural conditions of society and how they impact on women throughout society and the criminal justice system. Table of Contents* Indicates an article written explicitly for this editionPrefaceWeb Sites - Women Offenders1. Natalie J. Sokoloff, Barbara Raffel Price, and Jeanne Flavin, The Criminal Law and Women (updated)3. Jody Miller, Feminist Theory of Women's Crime: Robbery as a Case Study.5. Darrell Steffensmeier and Jennifer Schwartz, Trends in Female Crime: Is Crime Still a Man's World?*7. Lisa Maher, A Reserve Army: Women and the Drug Market9. Lynn Paltrow, The War on Drugs and the War on AbortionWeb Sites - Women Prisoners10. Barbara Owen, Women and Imprisonment in the U.S.: The Gendered Consequences of the U.S. Imprisonment Binge12. Julia Sudbury, Women of Color, Globalization, and the Politics of Incarceration*14. Kathryn Ann Farr, Defeminizing and Dehumanizing Female Murderers: Depictions of Lesbians on Death Row16. Nina Siegal, Stopping Abuse of Women in PrisonPART III: WOMEN VICTIMS OF CRIMEIntroduction to PART III. By Andrew Karmen19. Kathryn Feltey, Gender Violence: Rape and Sexual Assault21. Angela Browne, Fear and the Perception of Alternatives: Asking "Why Battered Women Don't Leave" Is the Wrong Question (updated)23. Carolyn West, Leaving a Second Closet: "Outing" Partner Violence in Same-Sex Couples25. Lois Presser and Emily Gaarder, Can Restorative Justice Reduce Battering? 27. Marjan Wijers, Women, Labor, and Migration: The Position of Trafficked Women and Strategies for Support PART IV: WOMEN WORKERS IN THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEMIntroduction to PART IV 30. Jeffrey Toobin, Women in Black: Are Female Judges More Compassionate?32. Penny Harrington and Kim Lonsway, Current Barriers and Future Promise for Women in Policing*34. Susan E. Martin, The Interactive Effects of Race and Sex on Women Police Officers (updated)36. Nanci Koser Wilson and Imogene L. Moyer, Affirmative Action, Multiculturalism, and Criminology (updated) | |||||||||
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