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Record Nr.

UNINA9910779357703321

Titolo

Crime control and women [[electronic resource] ] : feminist implications of criminal justice policy / / edited by Susan L. Miller

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Thousand Oaks, Calif. ; ; London, : SAGE, c1998

ISBN

1-322-42021-1

0-7619-0714-9

1-4522-5048-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xxiv, 200 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

MillerSusan L

Disciplina

364.0820973

Soggetti

Criminal justice, Administration of - Social aspects - United States

Sex discrimination in criminal justice administration - United States

Female offenders - United States

Prisoners' spouses - United States

Women - Crimes against - United States

Social control - United States

Feminist theory - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter 1 - Three Strikes and it's Women Who are out: The Hidden Consequences for Women of Criminal Justice Policy Reforms; Chapter 2 - Civil Forfeiture of Property: The Victimization of Women as Innocent Owners and Third Parties; Chapter 3 - A Critical Look at the Idea of Boot Camp as a Correctional Reform; Chapter 4 - Warnings to Women: Police Advice and Women's Safety in Britain; Chapter 5 - Gender, Class, and Race in Three High- Profile Crimes: The Cases of New Bedford, Central Park, and Bensonhurst

Chapter 6 - The Tangled Web of Feminism and Community PolicingChapter 7 - The War on Drugs as a War Against Black Women; Chapter 8 - Parenting through Prison Walls: Incarcerated Mothers and Children's Visitation Programs; Chapter 9 - Masculinities, Violence, and Communitarian Control; Chapter 10 - Connecting the Dots: Women,Public Policy, and Social Control; Index; About the Authors



Sommario/riassunto

Miller's book makes clear the limitations of criminal justice policies which take no account of the effect on citizens who vary by gender, race and social class. Contributors show how desired social change can result from human and just practices.