Women, gender, and crime : core concepts
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Women, gender, and crime : core concepts
SAGE, c2019
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 231-260) and index
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Description
Women, Gender, and Crime: Core Concepts provides students with a complete and concise view into the intersection of gender and the criminal justice system. Author Stacy L. Mallicoat explores core topics on women as victims, offenders, and criminal justice professionals as they interact with various areas of the criminal justice system. She investigates relevant subjects that are not found in many traditional texts, including women who work as victim advocates and international issues of crime and justice relating to gender.
Key Features:
This text discusses women and victimization prior to covering women as offenders, because victimization is often a precursor to offending.
Case Studies present compelling examples that connect concepts to real-life occurrences to reinforce learning and cover key issues, such as, sexual victimization in the military, stalking on college campuses, financial challenges for incarcerated women, pregnancy and policing, and self-care for victim advocates.
Coverage of critical topics introduce students to important issues such as gender representation in criminal justice academia, multiple marginalities and LGBT populations, cyberstalking, labor trafficking, and challenges faced by women as criminal justice practitioners.
Statistics, graphs, and tables demonstrate the most recent trends in the field to give students an accurate picture of the criminal justice system today.
Table of Contents
Preface
Acknowledgments
CHAPTER 1. Women, Gender, and Crime: Introduction
The Influence of Feminism on Studies of Women, Gender, and Crime
Women, Gender, and Crime
Data Sources on Women as Victims and Offenders
The Contributions of Feminist Methodology to Research on Women, Gender, and Crime
Conclusion
SUMMARY
KEY TERMS
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS
WEB RESOURCES
CHAPTER 2. Theories of Victimization
Victims and the Criminal Justice System
Fear of Victimization
Theories on Victimization
SUMMARY
KEY TERMS
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS
WEB RESOURCES
CHAPTER 3. Women, Gender, and Victimization: Rape and Sexual Assault
Historical Perspectives on Rape and Sexual Assault
Defining Sexual Victimization
Prevalence of Rape and Sexual Assault
Rape Myths
Acquaintance Versus Stranger Assault
Drug-Facilitated Sexual Assault
Spousal Rape
Campus Sexual Assault
LGBQT Sexual Violence
Racial Differences in Sexual Assault
The Role of Victims in Sexual Assault Cases
Conclusion
SUMMARY
KEY TERMS
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS
WEB RESOURCES
CHAPTER 4. Women, Gender, and Victimization: Intimate Partner Abuse and Stalking
Defining and Identifying Intimate Partner Abuse
The Cycle of Violence
Victims of Intimate Partner Abuse
Barriers to Leaving an Abusive Relationship
Victim Experiences With Police and Corrections
Stalking and Intimate Partner Violence
Victims and Offenders of Stalking
Cyberstalking
Laws on Stalking
Conclusion
SUMMARY
KEY TERMS
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS
WEB RESOURCES
CHAPTER 5. International Issues in Gender-Based Violence
Human Trafficking
Rape as a War Crime
Female Genital Mutilation
Honor-Based Violence
Conclusion
SUMMARY
KEY TERMS
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS
WEB RESOURCES
CHAPTER 6. Women, Gender, and Offending
Theoretical Perspectives on Female Criminality
SUMMARY
KEY TERMS
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS
WEB RESOURCES
CHAPTER 7. Girls, Gender, and Juvenile Delinquency
The Rise of the Juvenile Court and the Sexual Double Standard
The Nature and Extent of Female Delinquency
The "Violent" Girl
Technical Violations: The New Status Offense
Risk Factors for Female Delinquency
Meeting the Unique Needs of Delinquent Girls
SUMMARY
KEY TERMS
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS
WEB RESOURCES
CHAPTER 8. Female Offenders and Their Crimes
Women and Drugs
Property Crime
Prostitution
Women and Violence
Mothers Who Kill Their Children
SUMMARY
KEY TERMS
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS
WEB RESOURCES
CHAPTER 9. Processing and Sentencing of Female Offenders
Stage of the Criminal Justice System
Race Effects and the Processing of Female Offenders
The War on Drugs and Its Effects for Women
The Effects of Extralegal Factors on Sentencing Women
The Effects of Sentencing Guidelines on Judicial Decision Making
International Perspectives on the Processing of Female Offenders
Conclusion
SUMMARY
KEY TERMS
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS
CHAPTER 10. The Supervision of Women: Community Corrections, Rehabilitation, and Reentry
Gender-Responsive Programming for Women
The Supervision of Women in the Community
Women on Parole
Reentry Issues for Incarcerated Women
Recidivism and Female Offenders
SUMMARY
KEY TERMS
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS
WEB RESOURCES
CHAPTER 11. Women, Gender, and Incarceration
Historical Context of Female Prisons
Contemporary Issues for Incarcerated Women
Physical and Mental Health Needs of Incarcerated Women
Children of Incarcerated Mothers: The Unintended Victims
SUMMARY
KEY TERMS
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS
WEB RESOURCES
CHAPTER 12. Women Professionals and the Criminal Justice System: Police, Corrections, and Offender Services
Women in Policing
Women in Corrections
Community Corrections: Female Probation and Parole Officers
Conclusion
SUMMARY
KEY TERMS
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS
WEB RESOURCES
CHAPTER 13. Women Professionals and the Criminal Justice System: Courts and Victim Services
Women and the Law
Women and the Judiciary
Women and Work in Victim Services
Conclusion
SUMMARY
KEY TERMS
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS
WEB RESOURCES
Glossary
References
Index
About the Author
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