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Title: Women, Crime, and Justice
Condition: New
Subtitle: Balancing the Scales
Author: Elaine Gunnison, Frances P. Bernat, Lynne Goodstein
Format: Paperback
Type: Paperback
EAN: 9781118793466
ISBN: 9781118793466
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Genre: Society & Culture
Topic: Gender Sex & Relationships, Social Sciences
Release Date: 15/07/2016
Description:

Women, Crime, and Justice: Balancing the Scales presents a comprehensive analysis of the role of women in the criminal justice system, providing important new insight to their position as offenders, victims, and practitioners.

  • Draws on global feminist perspectives on female offending and victimization from around the world
  • Covers topics including criminal law, case processing, domestic violence, gay/lesbian and transgendered prisoners, cyberbullying, offender re-entry, and sex trafficking
  • Explores issues professional women face in the criminal justice workplace, such as police culture, judicial decision-making, working in corrections facilities, and more
  • Includes international case examples throughout, using numerous topical examples and personal narratives to stimulate students’ critical thinking and active engagement

Language: English
Country/Region of Manufacture: US
Item Height: 243mm
Item Length: 189mm
Item Width: 17mm
Item Weight: 562g
Release Year: 2016

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