Gender, crime, and punishment /

Are men and women who are persecuted for similar crimes punished differently? If it is true, as is commonly assumed, that women are sentenced more leniently than men, does this tendency vary by class and race? In this book Kathleen Daly explores these issues by analyzing women's and men's...

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Hlavní autor: Daly, Kathleen, 1948-
Médium: Licensed eBooks
Jazyk:angličtina
Vydáno: New Haven : Yale University Press, ©1994.
On-line přístup:https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=52930
Obsah:
  • Crime, punishment, and the mismeasure of justice
  • Felony court contexts and statistical outcomes
  • Women's pathways to felony court
  • Men's pathways to felony court
  • Robbery
  • Larceny
  • Interpersonal violence
  • Drug offenses
  • Justifying the punishment of women
  • Justifying the punishment of men
  • Difference, disparity, and discrimination
  • Toward a measure of justice.