Title: Class, race, gender, and crime : the social realities of justice in America /
Authors: Barak, Gregg,; Leighton, Paul, 1964-; Cotton, Allison M., 1969-
Year: 2015
Subjects: Criminal justice, Administration of United States; Criminal justice, Administration of; Social history; United States Social conditions.; United States
Abstract: "Class, Race, Gender, and Crime is a popular and provocative introduction to crime and the criminal justice system through the lenses of class, race, gender, and their intersections. The book remains the only non-edited text to systematically explore how the main sites of power and privilege in the United States consciously or unconsciously shape our understanding of crime and justice in society today". -- BACKCOVER.
Contents: The crime control enterprise and its workers -- Criminology and the study of class, race, gender, and crime -- Understanding class and economic privilege -- Understanding race and white privilege -- Understanding gender and male privilege -- Understanding privilege and the intersections of class, race, and gender -- Victimology and patterns of victimization -- Lawmaking and the administration of criminal law -- Law enforcement and criminal prosecution -- Punishment, sentencing, and imprisonment.