Title: Rethinking gender, crime, and justice : feminist readings /
Authors: Renzetti, Claire M.; Goodstein, Lynne; Miller, Susan L.
Publisher: Roxbury Pub. Company,
Year: 2006
Subjects: Female offenders United States.; Women Crimes against United States.; Sex discrimination in criminal justice administration United States.; Criminelles États-Unis.; Femmes, Crimes contre les États-Unis.; Discrimination sexuelle dans l'administration de la justice pénale États-Unis.
Abstract: 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 how society defines crime as well as how offenders commit crimes and are "treated" for their actions. The book includes a rich variety of national and global perspectives. It reviews the most up-to-date knowledge on gender and crime, women as offenders and victims, and the impact of gender on policing, corrections administration, and the courts. The essays in this collection are engagingly and accessibly written. They challenge students to question their assumptions about criminality, victimization, and how such situations are - and should be - approached. "Rethinking Gender, Crime, and Justice" covers issues that are frequently left out of traditional criminology texts.
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.