{"product_id":"women-gender-and-crime-a-text-reader-9781506366869","title":"Women, Gender, and Crime: A Text\/Reader","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The Mallicoat text provides an excellent set of contemporary readings on topics relating to Women and Crime. I highly recommend this text for Professors.\"\u003cbr\u003e                       —Dr. Sandra Pavelka, Florida Gulf Coast University\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cstrong\u003eWomen, Gender, and Crime: A Text\/Reader, Third Edition\u003c\/strong\u003e presents issues of gender, crime, and criminal justice in context through edited research articles enhanced by brief authored sections. Each article is carefully edited to demonstrate the application of the concepts presented in the text. Author Stacy Mallicoat brings all the content together by highlighting underlying themes of race and diversity, helping students gain a better understanding of women as victims, offenders, and criminal justice professionals. \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eNew to the Third Edition:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMore than 50% new journal articles\u003c\/strong\u003e introduce students to important topics such as transformative feminist criminology, human trafficking, gender specific programs for juveniles, the impact of social ties on long term recidivism, social relationships and group dynamics for female inmates, and more.\u003cbr\u003e      \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFourteen new or updated case studies\u003c\/strong\u003e present compelling examples that connect concepts to real-life occurrences by covering key issues, such as, sexual victimization at military academies, stalking on college campuses, pregnancy and policing, and self-care for victim advocates. \u003cbr\u003e      \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eExpanded coverage of critical topics\u003c\/strong\u003e make students aware of important issues such as multiple marginalities and LGBT populations, cyberstalking, labor trafficking, women and pretrial release, and challenges faced by female police officers. \u003cbr\u003e      \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eUpdated statistics, graphs, and tables\u003c\/strong\u003e demonstrate the most recent trends in criminology. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The Mallicoat text provides an excellent set of contemporary readings on topics relating to Women and Crime. I highly recommend this text for Professors.\"\u003c\/p\u003e -- Dr. Sandra Pavelka\u003cbr\u003e\"Overall, this text\/reader is fantastic! It provides enough basic information on each topic and uses academic research to delve further into some of the content…This is one of my favorite textbooks that I have used for any of my classes!\" -- Katie Ely\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"It is an all-inclusive text on women’s issues geared toward undergraduate students. The chapters are an easy read, but they get the main points across, and there are supplemental articles at the end of each chapter, which in most cases, remove the extra step of having to locate supplemental articles online for students.\"\u003c\/p\u003e -- Leah Grubb\u003cbr\u003e\"Very interesting topic with some good intriguing cases and readings.\" -- Dr. Susan L. Wortmann\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eForeword Preface Acknowledgments SECTION I. Women, Gender, and Crime: Introduction    The Influence of Feminism on Studies of Women, Gender, and Crime    Women, Gender, and Crime    Data Sources on Women as Victims and Offenders    The Contributions of Feminist Methodology to Research on Women, Gender, and Crime    Conclusion    SUMMARY    KEY TERMS    DISCUSSION QUESTIONS    WEB RESOURCES    READING 1. Transformative Feminist Criminology: A Critical Rethinking of a Discipline    READING 2. Grounding the Analysis of Gender and Crime: Accomplishing and Interpreting Qualitative Interview Research SECTION II. Theories of Victimization    Victims and the Criminal Justice System    Fear of Victimization    Theories on Victimization    SUMMARY    KEY TERMS    DISCUSSION QUESTIONS    WEB RESOURCES    READING 3. College Students’ Crime-Related Fears on Campus: Are Fear-Provoking Cues Gendered?    READING 4. Women From Different Ethnic Groups and Their Experiences with Victimization and Seeking Help SECTION III. Women, Gender, and Victimization: Rape and Sexual Assault    Historical Perspectives on Rape and Sexual Assault    Defining Sexual Victimization    Prevalence of Rape and Sexual Assault    Rape Myths    Acquaintance Versus Stranger Assault    Drug-Facilitated\/Incapacitated Sexual Assault    Spousal Rape    Campus Sexual Assault    LBGTQ Sexual Violence    Racial Differences in Sexual Assault    The Role of Victims in Sexual Assault Cases    Conclusion    SUMMARY    KEY TERMS    DISCUSSION QUESTIONS    WEB RESOURCES    READING 5. Student Perceptions of Sexual Assault Resources and Prevalence of Rape Myth Attitudes    READING 6. Regretting It After? Focus Group Perspectives on Alcohol Consumption, Nonconsensual Sex, and False Allegations of Rape SECTION IV. Women, Gender, and Victimization: Intimate Partner Abuse and Stalking    Defining and Identifying Intimate Partner Abuse    The Cycle of Violence    Victims of Intimate Partner Abuse    Barriers to Leaving an Abusive Relationship    Victim Experiences With Police and Corrections    Stalking and Intimate Partner Violence    Victims and Offenders of Stalking    Cyberstalking    Laws on Stalking    Conclusion    SUMMARY    KEY TERMS    DISCUSSION QUESTIONS    WEB RESOURCES    READING 7. “He Never Did Anything You Typically Think of as Abuse”: Experiences With Violence in Controlling and Noncontrolling Relationships in a Nonagency Sample of Women    READING 8. Women’s Disclosure of Dating Violence: A Mixed Methodological Study SECTION V. International Issues in Gender-Based Violence    Human Trafficking    Rape as a War Crime    Female Genital Mutilation    Honor-Based Violence    Conclusion    SUMMARY    KEY TERMS    DISCUSSION QUESTIONS    WEB RESOURCES    READING 9. Human Trafficking and Moral Panic in Cambodia    READING 10. Victim and Survivor: Narrated Social Identities of Women Who Experienced Rape During the War in Bosnia-Herzegovina SECTION VI. Women, Gender, and Offending    Theoretical Perspectives on Female Criminality    SUMMARY    KEY TERMS    DISCUSSION QUESTIONS    WEB RESOURCES    READING 11. The Intersectional Alternative: Explaining Female Criminality    READING 12. Has Criminology Awakened From Its “Androcentric Slumber”? SECTION VII. Girls, Gender, and Juvenile Delinquency    The Rise of the Juvenile Court and the Sexual Double Standard    The Nature and Extent of Female Delinquency    The “Violent” Girl    Technical Violations: The New Status Offense    Risk Factors for Female Delinquency    Meeting the Unique Needs of Delinquent Girls    SUMMARY    KEY TERMS    DISCUSSION QUESTIONS    WEB RESOURCES    READING 13. Assessing the Status of Gender-Specific Programs Through the Lens of Juvenile Justice Staff    READING 14. Trauma Among Lesbians and Bisexual Girls in the Juvenile Justice System SECTION VIII. Female Offenders and Their Crimes    Women and Drugs    Property Crime    Prostitution    Gender and Violence    Mothers Who Kill Their Children    SUMMARY    KEY TERMS    DISCUSSION QUESTIONS    WEB RESOURCES    READING 15. Cracked Perspectives: Reflections of Women and Girls in the Aftermath of the Crack Cocaine Era    READING 16. “First and Foremost They’re Survivors”: Selective Manipulation, Resilience, and Assertion Among Prostitute Women SECTION IX. Processing and Sentencing of Female Offenders    Stages of the Criminal Justice System    Race Effects and the Processing of Female Offenders    The War on Drugs and Its Effects for Women    The Effects of Extralegal Factors on Sentencing Women    The Effects of Sentencing Guidelines on Judicial Decision Making    International Perspectives on the Processing of Female Offenders    Conclusion    SUMMARY    KEY TERMS    DISCUSSION QUESTIONS    READING 17. The Impact of Race, Gender, and Age on the Pretrial Decision    READING 18. Gender and Sentencing in the Federal Courts: Are Women Treated More Leniently? SECTION X. The Supervision of Women: Community Corrections, Rehabilitation, and Reentry    Gender-Responsive Programming for Women    The Supervision of Women in the Community    Women on Parole    Reentry Issues for Incarcerated Women    Recidivism and Female Offenders    SUMMARY    KEY TERMS    DISCUSSION QUESTIONS    WEB RESOURCES    READING 19. “It’s Their World, So You’ve Just Got to Get Through”: Women’s Experiences of Parole Governance    READING 20. Reentering Women: The Impact of Social Ties on Long-Term Recidivism SECTION XI. Women, Gender, and Incarceration    Historical Context of Female Prisons    Contemporary Issues for Incarcerated Women    Physical and Mental Health Needs of Incarcerated Women    Children of Incarcerated Mothers: The Unintended Victims    SUMMARY    KEY TERMS    DISCUSSION QUESTIONS    WEB RESOURCES    READING 21. Social Relationships and Group Dynamics Inside a Community Correction Facility for Women    READING 22. The Impact of Incarceration on Women’s Mental Health: Responses From Women in a Maximum-Security Prison SECTION XII. Women Professionals and the Criminal Justice System: Police, Corrections, and Offender Services    Women in Policing    Women in Corrections    Community Corrections: Female Probation and Parole Officers    Conclusion    SUMMARY    KEY TERMS    DISCUSSION QUESTIONS    WEB RESOURCES    READING 23. The Effect of Rank on Police Women Coping With Discrimination and Harassment    READING 24. Promotional Opportunities: How Women in Corrections Perceive Their Chances for Advancement at Work SECTION XIII. Women Professionals and the Criminal Justice System: Courts and Victim Services    Women and the Law    Women and the Judiciary    Women and Work in Victim Services    Conclusion    SUMMARY    KEY TERMS    DISCUSSION QUESTIONS    WEB RESOURCES    READING 25. Representation on the Courts? The Effects of Trial Judges’ Sex and Race    READING 26. Barriers to Working With Sexual Assault Survivors: A Qualitative Study of Rape Crisis Center Workers Glossary References Index About the Author","brand":"SAGE Publications Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53187949003095,"sku":"9781506366869","price":124.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/women-gender-and-crime-a-text-reader-9781506366869","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}