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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Bibliografski detalji
Glavni autor: Daly, Kathleen, 1948-
Format: Licensed eBooks
Jezik:engleski
Izdano: New Haven : Yale University Press, ©1994.
Online pristup:https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=52930
Sadržaj:
  • 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.