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It's a crime : women and justice  Cover Image Book Book

It's a crime : women and justice

Muraskin, Roslyn. (Added Author).

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  • ISBN: 9780132193498 (paperback)
  • ISBN: 0132193493 (paperback)
  • Physical Description: print
    xxiii, 871 p. : ill ; 24 cm.
  • Edition: 4th ed.
  • Publisher: Upper Saddle River, N.J. : Pearson Prentice Hall, c2007.

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Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note: Ch. 1. "Ain't I a woman?" / Roslyn Muraskin -- Ch. 2. Taming women and nature : the criminal justice system and the creation of crime in Salem Village / Nanci Koser Wilson -- Ch. 3. Feminist theories : are they needed? / Roslyn Muraskin -- Ch. 4. "Mule-headed slave women refusing to take foolishness from anybody" : a prelude to future accommodation, resistance, and criminality / Laura T. Fishman -- Ch. 5. Perpetrators and victims : maternal filicide and mental illness / Stacey L. Shipley -- Ch. 6. Postpartum syndrome and the legal system / Tara C. Proano-Raps and Cheryl L. Meyer -- Ch. 7. The effects of specialized supervision on women probationers : an evaluation of the POWER program / Arthur L. Lurigio, Loretta Stalans, Lorena Roque, Magnus Seng and Jennifer Ritchie -- Ch. 8. Abortion : is it a right to privacy or compulsory childbearing? / Roslyn Muraskin -- Ch. 9. Fatal attraction in Arizona : Glenn Close on trial? / Mary Jackson and Cyndi Banks -- Ch. 10. The crime of rape / Roslyn Muraskin -- Ch. 11. Forced sexual intercourse in dating : testing a model / Robert T. Sigler, Ida M. Johnson and Etta F. Morgan -- Ch. 12. Guiding philosophies for rape crisis centers / Stacy L. Mallicoat, Stephanie Amedeo Marquez and Jill Leslie Rosenbaum -- Ch. 13. The historical role of and views toward victims and the evolution of prosecution policies in domestic violence / Paula Gormley -- Ch. 14. The impact of law enforcement policies on victims of intimate partner violence / Susan L. Miller and Elicka S. L. Peterson -- Ch. 15. The limitations of current approaches to domestic violence / Hoan Bui -- Ch. 16. When the victim recants : the impact of expert witness testimony in prosecution of battering cases / Alisa Smith and Rose Marie Rotondi -- Ch. 17. Beyond shelter : expanding spheres of influence for reducing violence against women - a case study of Hubbard House in Jacksonville, Florida / Michael Hallett and Suzanne Zahrly -- Ch. 18. Resistance, compliance, and the climate of violence : understanding battered women's contacts with police / Angela M. Moe -- Ch. 19. Battered immigrant women's domestic violence dynamics and legal protections / Nawal Ammar and Leslye Orloff -- Ch. 20. Sexual harassment and the law : violence against women / Roslyn Muraskin -- Ch. 21. Legal and social welfare response to substance abuse during pregnancy : recent developments / Inger Sagatun-Edwards -- Ch. 22. Living and dying with HIV/AIDS : the "inside" experience of women in prison / Mark M. Lanier and Barbara H. Zaitzow -- Ch. 23. Women, AIDS, and the criminal justice system / Joan Luxenburg and Thomas E. Guild -- Ch. 24. Systemic white racism and the brutalization of executed black women in the United States / David V. Baker -- Ch. 25. African American Ph.D. women in criminal justice higher education : equal impact or the myth of equality? / Elvira M. White and Laura B. Myers -- Ch. 26. Factors affecting the internal and external relationships of African-American policewomen within an urban police department / Mark R. Pogrebin, Lyn Taylor and Harold Chatman -- Ch. 27. Victims of domestic stalking : a comparison of black and white females / Janice Joseph -- Ch. 28. The daily adult interactive learning experience program : evaluating the needs of lower-functional female adult offenders in prison / Rosemary L. Gido and Danielle McDonald -- Ch. 29. Disparate treatment in correctional facilities : women incarcerated / Roslyn Muraskin -- Ch. 30. From the inside : patterns of coping and adjustment among women in prison / Zina T. McGee, Ebone' Joseph, Ina Allicott, Trudy-Ann Gayle, Asha Barber and Ashley Smith -- Ch. 31. "Love doesn't solve all problems" : incarcerated women and their significant others / Theresa A. Severance -- Ch. 32. Women in prison : vengeful equity / Barbara Bloom and Meda Chesney-Lind -- Ch. 33. The reentry process for women / Dale J. Brooker -- Ch. 34. Dying to get out : the execution of females in the post-Furman era of the death penalty in the United States / David E. Schulberg -- Ch. 35. Women on death row / Etta F. Morgan -- Ch. 36. Home confinement and intensive supervision as unsafe havens : the unintended consequences for women / Courtney A. Franklin and Faith E. Lutze -- Ch. 37. The impact of women on the police subculture / Kim M. Lersch and Thomas Bazley -- Ch. 38. Women in state policing : an assessment / Trina Rose and N. Prabha Unnithan -- Ch. 39. Early policing in the United States : "help wanted - women need not apply!" / Martin L. O'Connor -- Ch. 40. Who's afraid of Johnny Rotten? : assessing female correctional staff's perceived fear and risk of victimization in a juvenile male institution / Jill A. Gordon and Laura J. Moriarty -- Ch. 41. From the bassinet to the bar : the effect of motherhood on women's advancement in the legal profession / Jody Clay-Warner and Jennifer McMahon -- Ch. 42. The dislike of female offenders among correctional officers : a need for specialized training / Christine E. Rasche -- Ch. 43. Women on the bench : mavericks, peacemakers, or something else? : research questions, issues, and suggestions / Susan L. Miller and Michelle L. Meloy -- Ch. 44. Three strikes and it's women who are out : the hidden consequences for women of criminal justice policy reforms / Mona J. E. Danner -- Ch. 45. Femmes fatales : the evolution and significance of female involvement in terrorist networks and suicide bombings / Elizabeth Schafluetzel-Iles and Jeffrey P. Rush -- Ch. 46. Women's attitudes toward the threat of terror / Ramona Brockett, Jonathan C. Odo and Peter C. Ezekwenna -- Ch. 47. Images of serial murderers among college students / Druann Maria Heckert, Daniel Alex Heckert and Mark A. Ferraiolo -- Ch. 48. The impact of gender on juvenile justice decisions / Michelle Inderbitzin -- Ch. 49. Developing gender-specific services for delinquency prevention : understanding risk and resiliency / Barbara Bloom, Barbara Owen, Elizabeth Piper Deschenes and Jill Rosenbaum -- Ch. 50. Gender differences in delinquency career types and the transition to adult crime / Kimberly Kempf-Leonard and Paul E. Tracy.
Subject: Women criminal justice personnel
Female offenders

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