Women in the Criminal Justice System: Tracking the Journey of Females and Crime

ISBN-13: 9780367364687 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 296 str.

Tina L. Freiburger; Catherine D. Marcum

Opis

This book provides a rare up-to-date examination of women both as offenders and employees in the criminal justice system. 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.

Spis treści

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.