Gendered Justice - Intimate Partner Violence and the Criminal Justice System

Informationen zum Autor Venessa Garcia is assistant professor of criminal justice at Kean University. She is the editor of Female Crime Victims. Patrick McManimon is assistant professor and graduate program coordinator of criminal justice at Kean University. He previously worked as a warden and other administrative positions in the Illinois Department of Corrections. Klappentext Gendered Justice takes a unique, multi-layered look at the various elements that factor into our understanding of domestic violence and how the criminal justice system handles situations of domestic violence. The book focuses primarily on the role of gender, but also considers socio-economic status and race. Illustrated with case studies throughout, the book introduces major themes, such as the social construction of gender and victimology, as well as topics such as the portrayal of intimate partner violence in the media and how it shapes our understanding of violence. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter 1: Gendered Justice: The Social Construction of Womanhood and Intimate Partner ViolenceChapter 2: Understanding the Scope of Intimate Partner ViolenceChapter 3: Deconstructing Cultural Images and Myths of Intimate Partner Violence: Overcoming the Presence of the PastChapter 4: Legal Jurisprudence and the History of Intimate Partner ViolenceChapter 5: Policing Intimate Partner ViolenceChapter 6: Intimate Partner Violence in the CourtsChapter 7: Correcting Intimate Partner ViolenceChapter 8: Escaping Intimate Partner Violence: The Shelter MovementChapter 9: Reality Reconsidered: Female Intimate Partner Violence Victim Images in SocietyAppendixNotesReferencesIndexAbout the Author

Product details

• Authors: Venessa Garcia, Venessa Mcmanimon Garcia, Venessa/ Mcmanimon Garcia, Garcia Venessa, Patrick McManimon, Patrick M. McManimon
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 18 to 22
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 16.01.2011
• EAN: 9780742566446
• ISBN: 978-0-7425-6644-6
• No. of pages: 192
• Series: Issues in Crime and Justice; Issues in Crime & Justice; Issues in Crime and Justice
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > Criminal law, criminal procedural law, criminology; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Violence in Society, domestic violence, Crime and criminology, Crime & criminology, Domestic abuse