Full Description
Recommended as a companion text in lower-level criminal justice and criminology courses, Filling in the Gaps offers a contextual examination of race, sex, culture, and class within the criminal justice system. Going beyond mere understanding of the process of sentencing and punishment, this text allows students to critically assess how experiences of punishment differ for individual within a biased and often prejudicial system.The text begins with a look at class and culture, followed by examining varying experiences based on gender and race. The last two chapters examine class, culture, gender, and race within the context of corrections and capital punishment. Also included for students is information on careers in law enforcement.
The book also included a number of instructor and student resources to encourage student engagement within both traditional and online class settings, including discussion questions and activities, video links, assessments, and reflections.
Contents
Chapter One: Female Offenders
Trends in Women's Crime
Meda Chesney-Lind and Lisa Pasko
Women's Pathways to Crime: Linking Victimization and Criminalization
Leanne Fiftal Alarid and Paul Cromwell
From Victims to Survivors to Offenders
Mary E. Gilfus
Women Who Have Killed Their Children
Susan M. Crimmins
Sandra C. Langley
Henry H. Brownstein
Barry J. Spunt
Living in Prison
Joycelyn PollockChapter Two: The Race Issue
The Wicked Web We Weave
Kelley Christopher
Justice for All? Challenging Racial Disparities in the Criminal Justice System
Marc Mauer
Addressing Racial Disparities in Incarceration
Marc Mauer
Prison Population Expands with Changes in Drug Policy
Marc MauerChapter Three: Class and the Criminal Justice System: The Illusion of Equality
Chapter Four: Corrections
Life Sentences Today
The Sentencing Project
Report of the Sentencing Project to the United Nations Human Rights Committee
The Sentencing ProjectChapter Five: Capital Punishment
Death Row
Mark Costanzo
Capital Punishment, 2011 - Statistical Tables
Tracy L. Snell, BJS StatisticianAppendix
Law Enforcement Careers
