Investigating Difference Human and Cultural Relations in Criminal Justice

Name: Investigating Difference Human and Cultural Relations in Criminal Justice
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ISBN: 9780205610211

ISBN-10: 0205610218

ISBN-13: 9780205610211

Edition: 2nd 2009

Authors: Lynn C. Jones, CJ Collective Staff

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Investigating Differenceexamines the full range of individual differences across the entire criminal justice system. Moving beyond just race and gender, it tackles differences based on experience, age, socio-economic class, disabilities and more. Written by a variety of leaders in the field, it looks at how these variances impact all people within the system, including victims, offenders, and service providers. This edition continues to emphasize positive solutions and includes new ldquo;case-in-pointrdquo; illustrations that discuss how difference matters.For anyone interested in the criminal justice system with regard to diversity and multicultural issues.

Book details

List price: $109.60
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: Allyn & Bacon, Incorporated
Publication date: 8/11/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 336
Size: 7.00" wide x 9.75" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.990
Language: English




Conceptualizing Difference



Introduction: Investigating Difference




Conceptualizing Difference




Privilege and the Construction of Crime




Talking Through Our Differences: Investigating Difference: Human and Cultural Relations in Criminal Justice




Categories of Difference



Class Difference and the Social Construction of Crime and Criminality




Stolen lands, Stolen Lives: Native Americans and Criminal Justice




Exclusion, Inclusion and Violence: Immigrants and Criminal Justice




The Significance of Race: African Americans and Criminal Justice




Unwelcome Citizens: Latinos and the Criminal Justice System




Perpetual Outsiders: Criminal Justice and the Asian American Experience




Women's difference in the Criminal Justice System: Constructions of Victims, Offenders and Workers




Gay Men, Lesbians and Criminal Justice




Old Enough and Knowing Better: Aging and Criminal Justice




Youth Crime and Justice in a Changing Society




The Invisible Minority: Individuals with Disability




In Whose God We Trust? Religious Differences, Persecution, and Criminal Justice




How Does Difference Matter?



Moral Panics and Immigration




Fairness in the Courts: Investigating and Addressing Race, Ethic and Gender Bias




Wrongful Conviction




Reframing Difference



Educating for Change: Cultural Awareness Training for Criminal Justice




Irreconcilable Differences? Understanding the Crime Victim/Criminal Justice Worker Relationship




Conclusion



Reinvestigating Difference