Full Description
Women, Crime, and Justice: Core Concepts, provides a complete and concise view into the world of women, gender, and the interaction with the criminal justice system. Supported by contemporary research and discussions of issues around victimization, criminalization, and work within criminal justice, author Stacy L. Mallicoat explores a wide range of topics including rape and sexual assault, crimes and processing of women and LGBTQ+ individuals, and the impacts of gender in both the criminal justice and legal systems.
Contents
Chapter 1. Women, Gender, and Crime: Introduction
Chapter 2. Theories of Victimization
Chapter 3. Women, Gender, and Victimization: Rape and Sexual Assault
Chapter 4. Women, Gender, and Victimization: Intimate Partner Abuse and Stalking
Chapter 5. Gender-Based Violence
Chapter 6. Women, Gender, and Offending
Chapter 7. Girls, Gender, and Juvenile Delinquency
Chapter 8. Female Offenders and Their Crimes
Chapter 9. Processing and Sentencing of Female Offenders
Chapter 10. The Supervision of Women: Community Corrections, Rehabilitation, and Reentry
Chapter 11. Women, Gender, and Incarceration
Chapter 12. Women Professionals and the Criminal Justice System: Police, Corrections, and Offender Services
Chapter 13. Women Professionals and the Criminal Justice System: Courts and Victim Services
Glossary
References
Index
About the Author
