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Women and the Criminal Justice System (2nd Edition)
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 364.082
EAN: 9780205482184
Edition: 2
ISBN: 020548218X
Label: Allyn & Bacon
Manufacturer: Allyn & Bacon
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 432
Publication Date: January 01, 2007
Publisher: Allyn & Bacon
Studio: Allyn & Bacon
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Women and the Criminal Justice System, 2nd ed. Allyn & Bacon by Katherine van Wormer and Clemens Bartollas • Includes critical thinking questions and a list of relevant web sites at the end of each chapter. These questions guide the student in ethical and policy analysis concerning key issues discussed. Questions relate to U.S. practices in global perspective and professional issues. • Provides a chapter on international victimization that includes such topics as sex trafficking, honor killing, rape in war, and domestic violence across the world. Progressive remedies from abroad are discussed as well. With the stress today on globalization, this detailed attention to human rights violations of women is timely and unique. • There is a special chapter on women and restorative justice. To prepare for work in the criminal justice field, knowledge of these growing initiatives is essential. • Includes an entire chapter on substance abuse and addiction, including biological, psychological, and social aspects. This knowledge is vital for workers in the field at every level. • Maps the pathways to crime for girls and women. This information will aid readers in having a better understanding of factors in the backgrounds of women who get into trouble with the law. • Provides data and interview material relevant to Latina victims, offenders, and professionals in the field. This content will help prepare students for work with today's most rapidly growing population. • Reveals original data from a national survey of women's prison wardens. Students can learn from these findings of the special needs of female offenders as well as about professional concerns within a malfunctioning system. • Offers a chapter especially devoted to feminist theory and research relevant to empowering female offenders and survivors of victimization. Instructor's Manual and power point available upon request from the publisher. Class orders are accompanied by a free book of personal narratives of offenders, victim-survivors, and professionals in the field
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Rating:  - No Not again
Yet another waste of text. The same old vitim plight of the poor poor female in our modern society. I need a tissue! this book would have gotten a better review if I had read it in the 1960's.
Get over it.
Rating:  - Excellent Book on Women in Criminal Justice
Van Wormer and Bartollas' book provides a very broad discussion of all facets of women in the criminal justice system, such as rape, spouse abuse, women in prison, women in law enforcement, and women in the legal profession. Because of its broad range of information, it provides a strong book for courses in criminal justice programs involving women. It also provides a strong reader for lay persons who are just interested in knowing the issues involving women and the criminal justice system. ... Read More
Rating: - a valuable and rare resource
Although laid out like a textbook(numerous summary statements and bullet points) and encompassing an enormous amount of literature, the writing is crisp and interesting, liberally sprinkled with quotes, original interviews, vignettes and illustrative sidebars. The chapters fall into the basic categories of women as imprisoned perpetrators, women as victims of crimes, and the place of women in the law enforcement system. The book is a joint effort from a social work professor and a sociology/criminal ... Read More
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