Invisible Woman Gender, Crime, and Justice

Name: Invisible Woman Gender, Crime, and Justice
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ISBN: 9780534542092

ISBN-10: 0534542093

ISBN-13: 9780534542092

Edition: 2nd 2001 (Revised)

Authors: Joanne Belknap

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This text covers women and the criminal justice system with a focus on three major areas: (1) female offenders and their treatment by the criminal justice system; (2) female victims of crime; and (3) female employees of the agencies of the criminal justice system. This is the only text to emphasize all three aspects.

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List price: $50.95
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2001
Publisher: Wadsworth
Publication date: 11/2/2000
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 464
Size: 6.50" wide x 9.25" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.496
Language: English

Nelda Shelton received her B.S. and M.B.E. degrees from the University of North Texas, Denton, Texas. She has taught full-time in the Business and Office Administration Departments of Tarrant County College, South Campus in Fort Worth, Texas. Ms. Shelton's teaching experience encompasses business math, business communications, office procedures, and introduction to accounting both in the classroom and distance learning via the Internet. She has worked part time for the U. S. Office of Personnel Management as a trainer and as an independent contractor. She has also served as a part-time instructor the Dallas County Community College District. Ms. Shelton has co-authored several successful…

Preface	p. XII
Introduction
The Emergence of Gender in Criminology	p. 3
Invisibility of Women and Girls in Crime	p. 4
Sex Versus Gender	p. 11
What Is Feminism?	p. 15
What is Feminist Method?	p. 19
Effect of Societal Images on Women in Crime	p. 21
Diversity Among Women	p. 24
Summary	p. 26
Female Offending
Critiquing Criminological Theories	p. 33
The Traditional, Positivist Studies	p. 35
Strain and Subcultural Theories	p. 40
Differential Association Theory	p. 43
Labeling Theory	p. 45
Social Control Theory	p. 47
Marxist/Radical Theories	p. 52
Women's Liberation/Emancipation Hypothesis	p. 54
Biosocial and Evolutionary Psychological Theories	p. 56
Feminist and Pro-Feminist Theories	p. 58
Summary	p. 71
The Frequency and Nature of Female Offending	p. 80
Description of Offending	p. 81
The Importance of How Crime Rates Are Measured and the Roles of Gender, Age, Race, and Class	p. 87
Female Offending in Context	p. 89
Summary	p. 117
Processing Women and Girls in the System	p. 125
Criminal Laws and Sex Discrimination	p. 126
Sentencing Laws and Sex Discrimination	p. 129
Three Hypotheses of Sex Discrimination in Crime Processing	p. 131
Chivalry and Paternalism	p. 132
Empirical Findings on Gender Differences in Crime Processing	p. 133
Summary	p. 149
Incarcerating, Punishing, and "Treating" Offending Women and Girls	p. 155
History of Institutionalizing Females	p. 156
Women's Prisons Today	p. 163
Rates of Imprisonment	p. 166
Who Is in Women's Prisons and Delinquent Girls' Institutions?	p. 168
Girls' "Correctional" Institutions	p. 171
Psychological Aspects of Women's Imprisonment	p. 173
Parenthood: A Gender Difference among Prisoners	p. 176
Educational, Vocational, and Recreational Programs	p. 179
Health Care Services	p. 182
The Prison Subculture	p. 186
Co-Corrections	p. 191
Women and the Death Penalty	p. 194
Summary	p. 195
Female Victims of Male Violence
The Image of the Female Victim	p. 205
The Link between Actual Victimizations and the Fear of Crime	p. 207
Effect of Culture on Gender Roles	p. 210
Gender Disparities in Power	p. 212
Threat of Violence	p. 213
Victim Blaming	p. 215
Victimization of Women and Girls of Color	p. 218
The Victimization of Women and Girls with Disabilities	p. 220
Summary	p. 221
Sexual Victimization	p. 227
Defining Sexual Victimization	p. 227
Historical Issues in Defining Sexual Victimization	p. 228
Statistics on Sexual Victimization	p. 230
Who Are the Victims?	p. 232
Who Are the Offenders?	p. 233
The Victim-Offender Relationship	p. 235
Child Sexual Victimization	p. 235
Date Rape	p. 240
Marital Rape	p. 246
Sexual Harassment	p. 249
Sexual Victimization and the Crime-Processing System	p. 253
Summary	p. 258
Woman Battering and Stalking	p. 267
Defining Battering and Stalking	p. 267
History of Identifying Battering as a Social Problem	p. 270
The Frequency of Battering and Stalking	p. 272
Walker's Cycle Theory of Violence	p. 276
Why Do (Some) Men Batter?	p. 277
Who Are the Batterers and Stalkers?	p. 278
Inhibitors to Leaving a Violent Relationship	p. 281
The Constant Threat of Danger	p. 289
Woman Battering and the Crime-Processing System	p. 291
Health Professionals	p. 303
Summary	p. 305
Women Workers
Working Women: Breaking the Barriers	p. 319
Movement from the Private to the Public Sphere	p. 320
Movement Toward Gender Equality	p. 327
Legal Implications	p. 333
The History of Women's Entry into Decision-Making Positions in the Criminal-Processing System	p. 339
Summary	p. 350
Working Women: on the Job	p. 356
Legal Pressure for Women's Employment in Crime Processing	p. 357
The Current Rate of Women's Employment in the Criminal-Processing System	p. 358
Women as Tokens in the Workplace	p. 362
Women as Tokens in Crime-Processing Jobs since the 1970s	p. 366
Institutionalized Sexism	p. 368
Institutionalized Heterosexism	p. 369
Gender Similarities and Differences in Job Performances	p. 369
Organizational, Social, and Individual Resistance and Support Regarding Women's Work in Crime-Fighting Jobs	p. 371
Prisoner Privacy and Prison Safety: A Roadblock for Women Guards in Male Prisons	p. 384
Classifications of Women Employees in Male-Dominated Jobs	p. 387
Summary	p. 391
Conclusions
Effecting Change	p. 401
New Theories	p. 401
Changing the Treatment of Female Offenders	p. 402
Changing Responses to Male Violence Against Women	p. 409
Changes for Women Crime-Processing Professionals	p. 416
Summary	p. 419
Name Index	p. 427
Subject Index	p. 440
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