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Record Nr.

UNINA9910793374903321

Titolo

Criminal justice, politics, and women : the aftermath of legally mandated change / / Claudine SchWeber, Clarice Feinman, editors

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Routledge, , [2018?]

©1985

ISBN

1-317-94173-X

1-315-86011-2

1-317-94172-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (133 pages)

Altri autori (Persone)

SchWeber Claudine

FeinmanClarice

Disciplina

364/.082/0973

Soggetti

Wife abuse - United States

Correctional law - United States

Prostitution - United States

Sex discrimination in criminal justice administration - United States

Rape - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Also published as Women & politics, volume 4, number 3, Fall 1984.

Originally published in print: Haworth Press, 1985.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 121-133).

Nota di contenuto

The impact of legally mandated change on women prisoners / Claudine SchWeber & Clarice Feinman -- I: Domestic violence -- battered women -- Restraining orders for battered women: issues of access and efficacy / Janice Grau, Jeffrey Fagan & Sandra Wexler -- Domestic violence in criminal court: an examination of new legislation in Ohio / Daisy Quarm & Martin D. Schwartz -- II: Sexual assault -- Rape law reform: the new cosmetic for Canadian women / Judith A. Osborne -- Sexual assault prosecution: an examination of model rape legislation in Michigan / Susan Caringella-MacDonald -- III: Prostitution -- The white slave traffic act: historical impact of a Federal crime policy on women / Marlene D. Beckman -- New York State's prostitution statute: cast study of the discriminatory application of a gender neutral law / Frances P. Bernat.