Class, race, gender, and crime : the social realities of justice in America /
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Group Author: | ; |
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Rowman & Littlefield,
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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. |