Bibliograph

Class, race, gender, and crime, the social realities of justice in America, Gregg Barak, Paul Leighton, and Allison Cotton

Type

Label

Class, race, gender, and crime, the social realities of justice in America, Gregg Barak, Paul Leighton, and Allison Cotton

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Class, race, gender, and crime

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

870098233

Responsibility statement

Gregg Barak, Paul Leighton, and Allison Cotton

Sub title

the social realities of justice in America

Summary

"Class, Race, Gender, and Crime is a popular and provocative introduction to crime and the criminal justice system through the lenses of class, race, gender, and their intersections. The book remains the only non-edited text to systematically explore how the main sites of power and privilege in the United States consciously or unconsciously shape our understanding of crime and justice in society today". -- BACKCOVER

Table Of Contents

The crime control enterprise and its workers -- Criminology and the study of class, race, gender, and crime -- 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 -- Victimology and patterns of victimization -- Lawmaking and the administration of criminal law -- Law enforcement and criminal prosecution -- Punishment, sentencing, and imprisonment

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