Research Catalog

Title

Class, race, gender, and crime : the social realities of justice in America / Gregg Barak, Paul Leighton, and Jeanne Flavin.

Author

Barak, Gregg.

Publication

Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., c2007.

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Additional Authors

• Leighton, Paul, 1964-
• Flavin, Jeanne, 1965-

Description

xv, 327 p. : ill.; 23 cm.

Alternative Title

Class, race, gender, crime

Subject

• Criminal justice, Administration of > United States
• United States > Social conditions

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 289-316) and indexes.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Introduction : crime, inequality, and justice -- Understanding class : wealth, inequality, and corporate power -- Understanding race : social constructions and white privilege -- Understanding gender : male privilege and the 51 percent minority -- Class, race, and gender : intersections and integrations -- Criminology and criminal justice : the "interdiscipline" -- Law making, criminal law, and the administration of justice : constructing criminals I -- Victimology and victimization : patterns of crime and harm -- Law enforcement and criminal adjudication : constructing criminals II -- Punishment, sentencing, and imprisonment : with liberty for some -- Workers and the enterprise of criminal justice : careers and a changing world -- Conclusion: crime, justice, and policy.

ISBN

• 074254687X (cloth : alk. paper)
• 9780742546875 (cloth : alk. paper)
• 0742546888 (pbk. : alk. paper)
• 9780742546882 (pbk. : alk. paper)
• 9780742546875
• 9780742546882

LCCN

^^2006015999

OCLC

69104291

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library