Full Description
The fourth edition of this powerful textbook Class, Race, Gender, and Crime introduces students to crime and the criminal justice system through the lens of class, race, gender, and their intersection. Maintaining the overall structure of the third edition, the fourth edition incorporates new examples, current data, and recent theoretical developments throughout.
Contents
List of Figures and Tables Preface Introduction: Crime, Inequality, and Justice 1 The Crime Control Enterprise and Its Workers2 Criminology and the Study of Class, Race, Gender, and Crime 3 Understanding Class and Economic Privilege 4 Understanding Race and White Privilege 5 Understanding Gender and Male Privilege 6 Understanding Privilege and the Intersections of Class, Race, and Gender 7 Victimology and Patterns of Victimization 8 Lawmaking and the Administration of Criminal Law 9 Law Enforcement and Criminal Prosecution 10 Punishment, Sentencing, and Imprisonment Conclusion: Crime, Justice, and Policy References Index About the Authors
