Class, Race, Gender, and Crime - The Social Realities of Justice in America

Class, Race, Gender, and Crime is an introduction to crime and the criminal justice system through the lens of class, race, gender, and their intersections. The book explores how power and privilege shape our understanding of crime and justice. The fifth edition features new material on police violence and Black Lives Matter, disability, and more.

List of contents

Introduction: Crime, Inequality, and Justice
Part I: Crime Control and Criminology
1真The Crime Control Enterprise and Its Workers
2真Criminology and the Study of Class, Race, Gender, and Crime
Part II: Inequality and Privilege
3真Understanding Class and Economic Privilege
4真Understanding Race and White Privilege
5真Understanding Gender and Male Privilege
6真Understanding Privilege and the Intersections of Class, Race, and Gender
Part III: Law and Criminal Justice
7真Victimology and Patterns of Victimization
8真Lawmaking and the Administration of Criminal Law
9真Law Enforcement and Criminal Prosecution
10真Punishment, Sentencing, and Imprisonment
Conclusion: Crime, Justice, and Policy

About the author

By Gregg Barak; Paul Leighton and Allison Cotton

Summary

Class, Race, Gender, and Crime is an introduction to crime and the criminal justice system through the lens of class, race, gender, and their intersections. The book explores how power and privilege shape our understanding of crime and justice. The fifth edition features new material on police violence and Black Lives Matter, disability, and more.

Product details

• Authors: Gregg Barak, Gregg Leighton Barak, Barak Gregg, Allison Cotton, Allison M. Cotton, Paul Leighton, Leighton Paul
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.03.2018
• EAN: 9781442268876
• ISBN: 978-1-4422-6887-6
• No. of pages: 344
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > Criminal law, criminal procedural law, criminology; USA, Ethnic Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Minority Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Penology, United States of America, USA, Crime and criminology, Crime & criminology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General, criminal justice system;power;privilege;society