Class, race, gender, & crime : the social realities of justice in America
Gregg Barak (Author), Paul Leighton (Author), Allison M. Cotton (Author)
Class, Race, Gender, and Crime is a popular, and provocative, introduction to crime and the criminal justice system through the lens of class, race, gender, and their intersections. The book systematically explores how the main sites of power and privilege in the United States consciously or unconsciously shape our understanding of crime and justice in society today. The fifth edition maintains the overall structure of the fourth edition--including consistent headings in chapters for class, race, gender, and intersections--with updated examples, current data, and recent theoretical developments throughout. This new edition includes expanded discussions of police violence and the Black Lives Matter movement, disability, immigration, and queer criminology.--Publisher website
Print Book, English, 2018
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Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham, 2018
xvi, 328 pages ; 26 cm
9781442268876, 9781442268852, 1442268875, 1442268859
1015269839
Introduction: Crime, Inequality, and JusticePart I: Crime Control and Criminology1 The Crime Control Enterprise and Its Workers2 Criminology and the Study of Class, Race, Gender, and CrimePart II: Inequality and Privilege3 Understanding Class and Economic Privilege4 Understanding Race and White Privilege5 Understanding Gender and Male Privilege6 Understanding Privilege and the Intersections of Class, Race, and GenderPart III: Law and Criminal Justice7 Victimology and Patterns of Victimization8 Lawmaking and the Administration of Criminal Law9 Law Enforcement and Criminal Prosecution10 Punishment, Sentencing, and ImprisonmentConclusion: Crime, Justice, and Policy