Clarice Feinman

Women in the Criminal Justice System

Third Edition

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A review of the previous edition: For those who teach, do research, or work in the criminal justice system, [this] book can help to increase critical thinking by uncovering some of the hidden systematic problems....A good supplemental text for any of the following courses: criminal justice, law and politics, state and local government, women and the law, women's studies, sociology, and criminology. Criminal Justice Policy Review

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Praeger
• 3. Auflage
• Seitenzahl: 226
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Juli 1994
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 510g
• ISBN-13: 9780275944865
• ISBN-10: 0275944867
• Artikelnr.: 25560172

Autorenporträt

CLARICE FEINMAN is Professor of Law and Justice at Trenton State College, New Jersey. She has been director of a rehabilitation program at the New York City Correctional Institution for Women and consultant/instructor to the New Jersey Department of Corrections Training Academy. Dr. Feinman is the founder and former editor of the international and interdisciplinary journal Women & Criminal Justice. She is the editor of The Criminalization of a Woman's Body (1992) and Criminal Justice Politics and Women: The Aftermath of Legally Mandated Change (with C. Schweber, 1985).

Inhaltsangabe

Preface Introduction Women's Role and Place: A Historic Debate Women
Criminals Women and Crime: Myths and Realities Women in Prisons and Jails
Women Professionals Women in Law Enforcement Women in the Legal Profession
Women in Corrections Conclusion Women in the Criminal Justice System:
Concluding Observations Select Bibliography Index