Class, Race, Gender, and Crime: The Social Realities of Justice in America
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A third edition of this textbook is now available. Class, Race, Gender, and Crime: The Social Realities of Justice in America is a systematic examination of the impact of class, race and gender on criminological theory and the administration of criminal justice. These topics represent the main sites of inequality, power, and privilege in the U.S., which define society's understanding, consciously or unconsciously, of who is a criminal and how society should deal with them. The text is ordered around short, lucid introductions to the key concepts of class, race/ethnicity, gender and their intersections. Subsequent chapters use these concepts as subheadings to structure topics related to criminology, victimization and each phase of the administration of criminal justice: practices of law making, law enforcement, adjudication, sentencing, and punishment. Significantly, the authors provide a history to contextualize contemporary data and policy debates, which they observe through the lens of social justice. The book concludes with a review of the evolution of justice in America, along with an evaluation of alternative crime reduction policies, intended to further realize the goals and aspirations of 'liberty, justice, and equality for all.'
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0742546888
ISBN13:9780742546882
Release Date:September 2006
Publisher:Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Length:327 Pages
Weight:1.20 lbs.
Dimensions:1.0" x 6.1" x 9.0"
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Interested readers should know that a 2nd edition (2007) is available from Rowman & Littlefield # ISBN-10: 0742546888 Class, Race, Gender, and Crime: The Social Realities of Justice in America (2nd ed) The new edition is updated, reorganized and substantially rewritten. It retains some of the key aspects that make this edition good - a focus on class and race and gender; systematic coverage of how these factors play out across the criminal justice system; engaging narratives to open each chapter. Note that there is a 2007 edition published by Oxford U Press, but that is a re-issue of this edition. Roxbury, the publisher of this edition, was bought out by Oxford, which has reissed the 2001 edition with a newer date.
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