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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Bibliografiske detaljer
Hovedforfatter: Daly, Kathleen, 1948-
Format: Licensed eBooks
Sprog:engelsk
Udgivet: New Haven : Yale University Press, ©1994.
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Indholdsfortegnelse:
  • 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.