Women, Crime, and Justice

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<p><i>Women, Crime, and Justice: Balancing the Scales</i> presents a comprehensive analysis of the role of women in the criminal justice system, providing important new insight to their position as offenders, victims, and practitioners.</p><ul><li>Draws on global feminist perspectives on female offending and victimization from around the world</li><li>Covers topics including criminal law, case processing, domestic violence, gay/lesbian and transgendered prisoners, cyberbullying, offender re-entry, and sex trafficking</li><li>Explores issues professional women face in the criminal justice workplace, such as police culture, judicial decision-making, working in corrections facilities, and more</li><li>Includes international case examples throughout, using numerous topical examples and personal narratives to stimulate students critical thinking and active engagement</li></ul>

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<p><b>Elaine Gunnison</b> is an Associate Professor and Graduate Director in the Criminal Justice Department at Seattle University. She is the co-author of<i>Offender Reentry: Beyond Crime and Punishment</i> (2013), and she has published journal articles examining criminological theories as applied to female offenders, female victimization, and women in corrections.</p><p><b>Frances Bernat</b> is Associate Dean in the College of Arts and Sciences at Texas A&M International University and Emeritus Professor at Arizona State University. She is the co-author of<i>Criminal Procedure Law: Police Issues and the Supreme Court</i> (2013) and<i>Human Sex Trafficking</i> (2011).</p><p><b>Lynne Goodstein</b> is Professor of Sociology at the University of Connecticut. She is the co-author of<i>The American Prison</i> (1989) and<i>Rethinking Gender, Crime and Justice: Feminist Readings</i> (2006); and several book chapters and journal articles on higher education, sexual assault, women and crime, corrections, and criminal sentencing.</p>

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