For courses in Gender and the Law, Critical Issues in Criminal Justice and Gender classes in Sociology and Women's Studies.

 

It's a Crime: Women and Justice, Fifth Edition, is an all-inclusive work on women and issues of justice. The most complete text available, it compiles over 35 essays that explore issues such as: the history of women's issues; women and the law; women and violence; women and health problems; gender and race, women and prison; women and criminal justice professions; women and terrorism; and girls and delinquency. Written by Roslyn Muraskin and leading scholars in the field, this edition highlights over twenty-two new essays and presents a thought-provoking dialogue concerning the major issues women face in the criminal justice system.

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It's a Crime: Women and Justice, Fifth Edition, is an all-inclusive work on women and issues of justice. The most complete text available, it compiles over 35 essays that explore issues such as: the history of women's issues; women and the law; women and violence; women and health problems; gender and race, women and prison; women and criminal justice professions; women and terrorism; and girls and delinquency. Written by Roslyn Muraskin and leading scholars in the field, this edition highlights over twenty-two new essays and presents a thought-provoking dialogue concerning the major issues women face in the criminal justice system.

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For courses in Gender and the Law, Critical Issues in Criminal Justice and Gender classes in Sociology and Women's Studies.

 

It's a Crime: Women and Justice, Fifth Edition, is an all-inclusive work on women and issues of justice. The most complete text available, it compiles over 35 essays that explore issues such as: the history of women's issues; women and the law; women and violence; women and health problems; gender and race, women and prison; women and criminal justice professions; women and terrorism; and girls and delinquency. Written by Roslyn Muraskin and leading scholars in the field, this edition highlights over twenty-two new essays and presents a thought-provoking dialogue concerning the major issues women face in the criminal justice system.         

 

Hallmark Features

 

A collection of over thirty-five essays-on women and issues of justice. 

• Gives students a critical understanding of the issues facing women in the criminal justice field and system.
• Offers a single volume of academic essays on topics appropriate for courses in criminal justice, gender and law and women's studies. 

Contributions written by leading scholars-in the field of gender and law.

• Contains insights from leading voices in the field. 

Comprehensive coverage-of the major tribulations facing women in the criminal justice system.

• Explores topics such as feminist theories, minority issues, maternal filicide and mental illness, theories of women and crime, postpartum as a legal defense, victims of violence, women and drug use, trafficking in women, murdering for motherhood, women on death row, restorative justice, women and community corrections, and women and terrorism.

Quantifiable studies-show students the latest research being done in gender and criminal justice.

• Provides a clear understanding of the kind of research currently being conducted in the field and provides a glimpse at the individuals behind the studies.

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