Gendered (in)justice : theory and practice in feminist criminology /

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Imprint:Long Grove, Ill. : Waveland Press, c2004.
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
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Varying Form of Title:Gendered injustice
Other authors / contributors:Schram, Pamela J.
Koons-Witt, Barbara.
ISBN:1577663284
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.