Class, race, gender, and crime : the social realities of justice in America /
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Author / Creator: | Barak, Gregg. |
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Edition: | 2nd ed. |
Imprint: | Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., c2007. |
Description: | xv, 327 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. |
Language: | English |
Subject: | Criminal justice, Administration of -- United States. Criminal justice, Administration of. Social conditions United States -- Social conditions. United States. |
Format: | Print Book |
URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/6169348 |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction : crime, inequality, and justice
- 1. Understanding class : wealth, inequality, and corporate power
- 2. Understanding race : social constructions and white privilege
- 3. Understanding gender : male privilege and the 51 percent minority
- 4. Class, race, and gender : intersections and integrations
- 5. Criminology and criminal justice : the "interdiscipline"
- 6. Law making, criminal law, and the administration of justice : constructing criminals I
- 7. Victimology and victimization : patterns of crime and harm
- 8. Law enforcment and criminal adjudication : constructing criminals II
- 9. Punishment, sentencing, and imprisonment : with liberty for some
- 10. Workers and the enterprise of criminal justice : careers and a changing world
- Conclusion : crime, justice, and policy.