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Rethinking gender, crime, and justice : feminist readings

This collection is designed to deepen students' understanding about the essential role that gender plays in the commission of - and societal responses to - criminal behavior. "Rethinking Gender, Crime, and Justice" demonstrates how our notions of gender, race, and class influence both...

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Other Authors: Renzetti, Claire M., Goodstein, Lynne, Miller, Susan L.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Los Angeles, CA Roxbury 2006
Subjects:
Female offenders > United States
Women > crimes against > United States
Sex discrimination in criminal justice administration > zUnited States
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction to gender and justice: feminist perspectives / Lynne Goodstein
  • Feminism and crime / Jeanne Flavin & Amy Desautels
  • Masculinities and crime: beyond a dualist criminology / James W. Messershcmidt
  • Liberating criminology: the evolution of feminist thinking on criminological research methods / Ronet Bachman & Christina Lanier
  • Age graded pathways to victimization and offending among women and girls / Catherine Kaukinen, Angela R. Gover, & Stephanie A. Hays
  • Juvenile delinquency and gender / Patrick J. Carr & Gabrielle Alfieri
  • Violent crime and gender / Neil Websdale
  • The role of state and corporate malfeasance in creating and sustaining the American and global sweatshop / Michael J. Lynch & Danielle McGurrin
  • Female drug offenders and the drug/crime subculture: gender, stigma, and social control / Susan E. Martin
  • Compensating for abuse: women's involvement in the sex trade in North America / Jody Raphael
  • Global prostitution, sex tourism, and trafficking / Jody Miller
  • Sexual assault: thirty years and counting / Susan Caringella-MacDonald
  • Intimate partner abuse / Joanne Belknap & Hillary Potter
  • Women, race/ethnicity, and criminal justice processing / Vernetta D. Young & Terri Adams-Fuller
  • Issues facing women prisoners in the early 21st century / Tammy L. Anderson
  • Workplace problems in police departments and methods of coping: women at the intersection / Merry Morash, Robin Haarr, & Dina P. Gonyea
  • Women criminal lawyers / Cynthia Siemsen
  • Women on the bench: the voices and experiences of female judges / Susan L. Miller, Shana L. Maier, & Michelle L. Meloy
  • "Yes, I've paid the price, but look how much I've gained": the struggle and status of women correctional officers / Mary K. Stohr.

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