Women in the criminal justice system : tracking the journey of females and crime /

Women in the criminal justice system : tracking the journey of females and crime /

"Women in the Criminal Justice System: Tracking the Journey of Females and Crime provides a rare up-to-date examination of women both as offenders and employees in the criminal justice system. While the crime rate in the United States is currently decreasing, the rate of female incarceration is...

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Main Author: Marcum, Catherine Davis, 1980- (Author)
Other Authors: Freiburger, Tina L. (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Boca Raton : CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, [2016]
Subjects:
Criminal justice, Administration of > United States.
Women criminal justice personnel > United States.
Sex discrimination in criminal justice administration > United States.
Female offenders > United States.
Women prisoners > United States.
Feminist criminology > United States.
Law enforcement > United States.
Criminal justice, Administration of.
Female offenders.
Feminist criminology.
Law enforcement.
Sex discrimination in criminal justice administration.
Women criminal justice personnel.
Women prisoners.
United States.
Online Access:CONNECT (3 user limit)
Table of Contents:
  • 1. History of gender and social control in the CJ system / Corina Schulze
  • 2. Female crime and theory / Alana van Gundy
  • 3. Criminal justice as a male enterprise / Jeffrey W. Cohen
  • 4. The cycle of intimate partner violence / Carly M. Hilinski-Rosick
  • 5. Sexual assault and the evolution of rape / Danielle Romain
  • 6. Domestic and international sex trafficking / Michele P. Bratina and Kelly M. Carrero
  • 7. Cybercrime / Catherine D. Marcum
  • 8. Violent women / Tina L. Freiburger
  • 9. Role of women in the war on drugs / Amy Poland
  • 10. The female thief / Doshie Piper and Georgen Guerrero
  • 11. Prostitution / Katherine Winham and George E. Higgins
  • 12. Mothers who kill / Kimberly D. Dodson and Leann N. Cabage
  • 13. Incarcerated women in the United States / Susan Marcus-Mendoza
  • 14. Women in law enforcement / Wendy Perkins
  • 15. Women in the judicial system / Stephane J. Kirven
  • 16. Women in corrections / Beverly R. Crank.

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