Women, Law, and Social Control - Couverture souple

Written by leading scholars, this collection of original articles examines women as offenders, professionals, and victims. This reader explores current issues―including the increase in women’s imprisonment rates, women as rape survivors, women who kill in abusive relationships, and women working within the criminal justice system. Eleven new articles as well as numerous updated articles keep this the most current reader on women, law, and criminal justice.

NEW ARTICLES:

Images of Women, Frankie Y. Bailey

Current Issues in the Law and Women: What Would a Reasonable Woman Do?, Mary K. Stohr and Lisa Growette Bostaph

Police Women in the Twenty-First Century, Kathryn E. Scarborough and Carole Garrison

Women Working in Prisons and Jail Settings: Progress and Prospects, Mary Anne Farkas

The Practice of Law in the Twenty-First Century, Frances Bernat

Rape Survivors: The Law and The Reality, Mittie D. Southerland and Rachel M. Southerland

Intimate Partner Violence Against and By Women, Denise Kindschi Gosselin

Women Drug Offenders, Marilyn McShane and Frank P. Williams

The Context of Women’s Imprisonment, Barbara Owen

Still the “Best Place to Conquer Girls”: Girls and the Juvenile Justice System, Meda Chesney-Lind and Katherine Irwin

Intersectionality of Race/Ethnicity, Class, and Justice: Women of Color, Janice Joseph

A collection of original articles written by leading scholars in the field that examines women as offenders, professionals, and victims. This integrated approach explores current issues – including the increase in women’s imprisonment rates, women as rape survivors, women who kill in abusive relationships, and women working within the criminal justice system–which illuminates the special sanctions women face today.