Women in the Criminal Justice System (eBook, PDF)

Tracking the Journey of Females and Crime
Redaktion: Freiburger, Tina L.; Marcum, Catherine D.

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

This book provides a rare up-to-date examination of women both as offenders and employees in the criminal justice system. It presents the current state of females in the system through contributions by expert authors. It discusses the criminal justice system's reaction to women, as well as the successes and failures of its responses and current and future consequences. It outlines the history of women in the context of the criminal justice system, discusses specific women's issues in focused chapters, and highlights key concepts, statistics, and legislation. Each chapter ends with discussion questions to enhance understanding.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 293
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. Juli 2015
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781482260502
• Artikelnr.: 43417211

Autorenporträt

Tina L. Freiburger is an associate professor and chair of the Department of Criminal Justice at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Her main areas of research include gender and racial/ethnic disparities in the judicial system, and women in the criminal justice system. She has published numerous articles in various criminal justice and other social science journals. Catherine D. Marcum is an associate professor of criminal justice at Appalachian State University, Boone, North Carolina. Her areas of research are cybercrime, correctional issues, and sexual victimization. She has published numerous articles in various criminal justice and other social science journals, and has authored and edited multiple scholastic books.

Inhaltsangabe

History of Gender and Social Control in the CJ System. Female Crime and
Theory. Criminal Justice as a Male Enterprise. The Cycle of Intimate
Partner Violence. Sexual Assault and the Evolution of Rape. Domestic and
International Sex Trafficking. Cybercrime. Violent Women. Role of Women in
the War on Drugs. The Female Thief. Prostitution. Mothers Who Kill.
Incarcerated Women in the United States. Women in Law Enforcement. Women in
the Judicial System. Women in Corrections.