Integrates cases with theoretical readings by feminists, social scientists, historians and legal scholars, organized around the topics of work, family, and body. First ed.: 1992
This book presents an analysis of the role of women in the criminal justice system as offenders, victims, and practitioners. Utilizing feminist perspectives, the authors shed new light on a wide range of women and gender issues relating to criminal offending, victimization, and the criminal justice workplace. Incorporating issues of race, class, and international perspectives throughout the text, coverage includes such topics as criminal law, case processing, domestic violence, transgendered prisoners, cyberbullying, offender reentry, sex trafficking and a variety of issues relating to professional women in the criminal justice workplace.