Class, race, gender, and crime : the social realities of justice in America /

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Author / Creator:Barak, Gregg.
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
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Other authors / contributors:Leighton, Paul, 1964-
Flavin, Jeanne, 1965-
ISBN:074254687X (cloth : alk. paper)
0742546888 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780742546875
9780742546882
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (p. 289-316) and index.
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.