Class, race, gender, and crime : the social realities of justice in America /

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Main Authors: Barak, Gregg (Author)
Group Author: Leighton, Paul, 1964-; Cotton, Allison M., 1969-
Published: Rowman & Littlefield,
Publisher Address: Lanham, Maryland :
Publication Dates: [2015]
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Edition: Fourth edition.
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Carrier Form: xvi, 390 pages ; 23 cm
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references(pages 327-373) and index.
ISBN: 9781442220720 (hardback : alkaline paper) :
1442220724 (hardback : alkaline paper)
9781442220737 (paperback : alkaline paper)
1442220732 (paperback : alkaline paper)
Index Number: HV9950
CLC: D971.26
Call Number: D971.26/B224/4th ed.
Contents: Part I: Crime control and criminology. The crime control enterprise and its workers -- Criminology and the study of class, race, gender, and crime -- Part II: Inequality and privilege. Understanding class and economic privilege -- Understanding race and white privilege -- Understanding gender and male privilege -- Understanding privilege and the intersections of class, race, and gender -- Part III: Law and criminal justice. Victimology and patterns of victimization -- Lawmaking and the administration of criminal law -- Law enforcement and criminal prosecution -- Punishment, sentencing, and imprisonment.