Eileen Leonard

Crime, Inequality and Power (eBook, PDF)

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Produktbeschreibung

Crime, Inequality and Power challenges the dominant definitions of crime and the criminal through its uniquely comparative approach. In this book Eileen Leonard analyzes multiple forms of criminal behavior in the United States, including violence, sexual assault, theft, and drug law violations, whilst also asking readers to consider the parallels between crimes that are rarely thought comparable. Leonard's juxtaposition of familiar street crimes, such as car theft, alongside large-scale corporate theft, vividly exposes profound inequalities in the way crime is defined, and the treatment it receives within the criminal justice system.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 394
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. April 2015
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781317590200
• Artikelnr.: 42643547

Autorenporträt

Eileen B. Leonard is Professor of Sociology at Vassar College, and she teaches a yearly course at Taconic Correctional Facility for Women. Her teaching and research focus on crime, gender, inequality, and social theory. Eileen has chaired the Sociology Department at Vassar College, and been Director of the Women's Studies Program and the American Studies Program. She is currently Director of Faculty Teaching Development at Vassar.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction 1. The Social Construction of Crime 2.Murder and Assault:
Comparing Street crime and Elite Crime 3. The Case of Rape: Perpetrators as
Strangers or Significant Others 4. Theft by the Rich and Poor 5. Drug
Violations: From Street Corners to Pharmaceutical Headquarters 6. Crimes
Against the State and Crimes By the State 7. Punishing Crime 8. Public
Policies for a Safer Society.