Gendered (in)justice : theory and practice in feminist criminology /
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Imprint: | Long Grove, Ill. : Waveland Press, c2004. |
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Description: | vii, 376 p. ; 23 cm. |
Language: | English |
Subject: | Feminist criminology. Crime -- Sex differences. Sex discrimination in criminal justice administration. Female offenders. Women prisoners. Crime -- Sex differences. Female offenders. Feminist criminology. Sex discrimination in criminal justice administration. Women prisoners. |
Format: | Print Book |
URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/5275269 |
Table of Contents:
- Sect. I. Feminist theory and criminology
- 1. Feminism and criminology / Kathleen Daly and Meda Chesney-Lind
- 2. Feminism in criminology : engendering the outlaw / Dana M. Britton
- 3. Feminism for the mainstream criminologist : an invitation / Jeanne Flavin
- Sect. II. Understanding women and the crimes they commit
- 4. Gender and crime : toward a gendered theory of female offending / Darrell Steffensmeier and Emilie Allan
- 5. Women in the street-level drug economy : continuity or change? / Lisa Maher and Kathleen Daly
- 6. Up it up : gender and the accomplishment of street robbery / Jody Miller
- 7. The prevalence and nature of violent offending by females / Barbara A. Koons-Witt and Pamela J. Schram
- Sect. III. Laws and policies affecting women offenders
- 8. The role of gender in a structured sentencing system : equal treatment, policy choices, and the sentencing of female offenders / Ilene H. Nagel and Barry L. Johnson
- 9. The war on drugs and the incarceration of mothers / Stephanie Bush-Baskette
- 10. The wrong race, committing crime, doing drugs, and maladjusted for motherhood : the nation's fury over "crack babies" / Enid Logan
- 11. Bringing back shame : women, welfare reform, and criminal justice / Amy E. Hirsch
- Sect. IV. Programming for women offenders
- 12. Feminine fortresses : woman-centered prisons? / Kelly Hannah-Moffat
- 13. Correctional administrators' perspectives on gender arrangements and family-related programming for women offenders / Merry Morash and Amanda L. Robinson
- 14. Women in prison : approaches in the treatment of our most invisible population / Stephanie S. Covington
- 15. A feminist examination of boot camp prison programs for women / Susan T. Marcus-Mendoza, Jody Klein-Saffran and Faith Lutze.