Gendered Justice: Addressing Female Offenders - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0890891230 ISBN 13: 9780890891230

Publisher: Carolina Academic Pr, 2003

Synopsis

This volume represents a rich diversity of contemporary research, theory and perspectives on gender appropriate policy and programming from the U.S., Canada, and the United Kingdom. All of the authors included in this book are not only widely acclaimed for thier work but they are on the cutting edge of the research that is being conducted on gender and justice. This book addresses the complex questions that arise regarding female offenders and criminal justice policy. It raises serious questions about current criminal justice policy and practice which ignore gender as well as practices that have been widely accepted by mainstream criminologists, policy-makers, and practitioners without regard for their implications for women and girls. Also discussed are the special circumstances faced by female offenders and the "equal treatment" tradition that has guided criminal law and practice for the past century generating the phenomenon known as "vengeful equity." Gendered Justice challenges mainstream policies of "gender neutrality" in terms of their implications for women and girls in conflict with the law. With the dramatic rise of women and girls in the criminal justice system, gender-based issues are now receiving attention in the U.S., Canada, the United Kingdom, and elsewhere.

About this edition

• Publisher: Carolina Academic Pr
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0890891230
• ISBN 13: 9780890891230
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 326
• Editor: Bloom Barbara E.