Gregg Barak, Paul Leighton, Allison Cotton

Class, Race, Gender, and Crime

The Social Realities of Justice in America

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Produktbeschreibung

Class, Race, Gender, and Crime is an introduction to crime and the criminal justice system through the lens of class, race, gender, and their intersections. The book explores how power and privilege shape our understanding of crime and justice. The fifth edition features new m...

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Fifth Edition
• Seitenzahl: 346
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. März 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 254mm x 178mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 652g
• ISBN-13: 9781442268852
• ISBN-10: 1442268859
• Artikelnr.: 50447893

Autorenporträt

Gregg Barak is professor of criminology and criminal justice at Eastern Michigan University. He is the author of a number of books, including most recently his award winning book, Unchecked Corporate Power: Why the Crimes of Multinational Corporations Are Routinized Away and What We Can Do About It (2017). Paul Leighton is professor of criminology and criminal justice at Eastern Michigan University. He is author or co-author of several books, including Punishment for Sale: Private Prisons, Big Business, and the Incarceration Binge and The Rich Get Richer and the Poor Get Prison: Ideology, Class, and Criminal Justice. Allison Cotton is professor of criminology and criminal justice at Metropolitan State University of Denver. She is author of the book Effigy: Images of Capital Defendants.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: Crime, Inequality, and Justice Part I: Crime Control and Criminology 1
The Crime Control Enterprise and Its Workers 2
Criminology and the Study of Class, Race, Gender, and Crime Part II: Inequality and Privilege 3
Understanding Class and Economic Privilege 4
Understanding Race and White Privilege 5
Understanding Gender and Male Privilege 6
Understanding Privilege and the Intersections of Class, Race, and Gender Part III: Law and Criminal Justice 7
Victimology and Patterns of Victimization 8
Lawmaking and the Administration of Criminal Law 9
Law Enforcement and Criminal Prosecution 10
Punishment, Sentencing, and Imprisonment Conclusion: Crime, Justice, and Policy