Women and Crime 2th edition

Women and Crime Description

Women and Crime 2 Edition The Second Edition of Women and Crime: A Text/Reader, part of the text/reader series in criminology and criminal justice, incorporates contemporary readings (including some policy implications) accompanied by student-friendly authored text. This unique format provides a theoretical framework and context for students. The text includes the history and theories of victimization, female offending, international victimization issues, the processing and sentencing of female offenders, girls in the juvenile justice system, the supervision and incarceration of women, women and work in the criminal justice system. The text also includes cutting edge case studies of women in the criminal justice system on issues such as the Steubenville Rape case, Cleveland's House of Horrors, Witchcraft in Papua New Guinea and Jodi Arias.