Criminal Justice Politics and Women
Subtitle: The Aftermath of Legally Mandated Change
Contributors: Claudine Schweber (Editor); Clarice Feinman (Editor)
Publisher: Haworth Press
Published: December 1984
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 133
ISBN-13: 9780866563642
Subjects: Crime & criminology; United States; Prostitution; Sociology; Wife abuse; Criminology; Correctional law; Rape
First sentence: Despite the frequent use of courts and legislatures as agents for remedying inequities, "it remains to be seen," as one mental health advocate has written, "whether the sweeping orders which have been obtained will actually result in [the intended benefits reaching the] beneficiaries. . . ."