Understanding gender, crime, and justice by Morash, Merry, 1946- instant download

Understanding gender, crime, and justice by Morash, Merry, 1946- instant download

xv, 311 pages : 26 cm, \"Author Merry Morash, a well-known feminist scholar in the field of criminal justice, acquaints readers with key breakthroughs in criminological conceptualization and theories to explain the interplay between gender and both crime and justice. This book pays especial attention to race, ethnicity, and immigrant groups, and provides a unique comparative perspective. It is an idea textbook for undergraduate and graduate courses that focus on women and criminal justice. The book is also a valuable asset for gender courses in sociology and for women's studies programs.\"--Jacket, Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-299) and index, 1. Tackling key questions about gender, crime, and justice -- Postmodern themes -- Remaining contents of chapter 1 -- Key terms related to gender, crime, and justice -- Gender -- Macrolevel conceptualization of gender -- Individual-level conceptualization of gender -- Gendered aspects of social life -- Crime and justice -- Early theoretical work -- Theories to explain victimization -- Wife abuse -- Rape -- Incest -- Theories to explain the behavior of offenders -- Injustices in prior policies and practices -- Policies and practices pertaining to victims -- Wife abuse -- Rape -- Incest -- Policies and practices pertaining to offenders -- Control of sexually active girls -- Regulation and criminalization of prostitution -- Sentencing -- Gender bias in correctional programs -- Advances in theory -- Ways of knowing about gender, crime, and justice -- Ways of thinking about gender, crime, and justice -- Organization of the chapters -- Key terms -- Review and discussion -- 2. Gender and the law -- Laws against gender-related victimization -- Sexual assault -- Intimate-partner violence -- Stalking -- The Violence Against Women Act -- United States v. Morrison -- Female genital mutilation -- Hate crimes -- Summary of trends in laws against gender-related victimization -- Laws related to reproduction and child…