Women and the criminal justice system
By: Katherine Stuart van Wormer, Clemens Bartollas.
Contributors: Bartollas, Clemens.
Edition: 3rd ed.
Publisher: Prentice Hall
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Upper Saddle River, NJ
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780137008780
Subjects: Sex discrimination in criminal justice administration -- United States; Women -- Drug abuse -- United States; Female offenders -- United States; Women prisoners -- United States
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Gender, patriarchy, and social control; title: Women in crime; title: Feminist theory and research; title: Delinquency across the life span 70; title: Women, substance abuse, and criminal justice; title: The prison environment; title: Restorative justice for female victims and offenders; title: Rape; title: Life and partner abuse; title: Women's victimization : global perspectives; title: Women in law enforcement.