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Book SynopsisFirst published in 1999. societies and 'justice' systems pose for women. This is the first in the Women and the Law series is devoted to examining the implementation and implications of various policies and practices as they affect women around the world. Women and Justice: Development of International Policy deals with an analysis of women as viewed from the point of specific systems of justice and issues of equal treatment before the law. It is not intended to include all countries but to present an overview of certain representative areas as a basis for comparison against our American form of justice for women.
Trade Review"Women and Justice presents a wide-ranging assortment of scholarly work that provides perspective on the problems that different societies and 'justice' systems pose for women. The commonalities of violence and discrimination against women emerge poignantly from this collection of research from countries separated by geography, history and culture. One of the most important contributions of this anthology is that the authors do not stop at their descriptions of policies and practices that they detail in the different international contexts, but go forward to recommend directions for redressing the issues they describe."
Table of ContentsChapter 1 Women and the Law, Muraskin Roslyn; Chapter 2 Women Professionals in Criminal Justice, E.Flynn Edith; Chapter 3 Wife Abuse in South Korea*The order of author names does not imply unequal contributions to the Chapter. Merry Morash coordinated the research and writing. All authors contributed to development of research instruments, gathering data, translation of information, analyzing and interpreting data, and writing the Chapter. Working as graduate assistants at the Michigan State University School of Criminal Justice, Youn Hee Shin was extensively involved in translation of materials and development of the research instrument, and with Rosie Cherrie in organizing, conducting, and analyzing data from focus groups. Dr. Hae Sun Kim, Director of the Women’s Hotline in Seoul, conducted and recorded information from the interviews in South Korea. Hoan Bui, a doctoral student at the Michigan State University School of Criminal Justice, contributed to the review of literature and the preparation of the final draft of the Chapter., Morash Merry, Hoffman Vincent, Ho Lee Yoon, He Shim Young; Chapter 4 Gender and Crime Across Social Contexts, Kruttschnitt Candace; Chapter 5 Discrimination Against Women Under the Nationality Laws, H.Ammar Nawal; Chapter 6 Wife Rape in Great Britain*We are very grateful to the “World in Action” television series for funding the survey, to Denis Lancer of Staffordshire University for assistance with legal cases, and to Professor Jean Gregory of Middlesex University for helpful comments on questionnaire design., Kate Painter, David P.Farrington; Chapter 7 From Arrest Avoidance to Mandatory Arrest, Martin L. O’Connor; Chapter 8 Violence Against Women in the Caribbean, Zelma Henriques, Janice Joseph; Chapter 9 Research Note, Jolanta Juszkiewicz; Chapter 10 Conclusion, Roslyn Muraskin;
