The Criminal Justice System and Women: Offenders, Prisoners, Victims, and Workers [Paperback]

Barbara Raffel Price (Author), Natalie Sokoloff (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0072463996 | ISBN-13: 978-0072463996 | Publication Date: July 1, 2003 | Edition: 3

Consisting of original essays commissioned for the volume from leading scholars, as well as a number of recently published, important articles in the field, this anthology provides a comprehensive overview of the ways in which women affect and are affected by crime and the criminal justice system. Analysis is grounded in feminist scholarship and activism, and anchored in perspectives that orient women's crime, imprisonment, victimization, and survival in a race, class, and gender perspective.

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About the Author

Barbara Raffel Price received her B.A. from Smith College and her M.A. and Ph.D. in Sociology from The Pennsylvania State University. She is Professor Emerita of Criminal Justice and formerly Dean of Graduate Studies, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, The City University of New York. A Fellow of the American Society of Criminology, she has served as its Vice-President and is a recipient of its Herbert A. Bloch Award. . She served as Vice-chair of the Alliance of Nongovernmental Organizations on Crime Prevention at the United Nations and is on the Board of Directors of the National Development and Research Institutes, Inc. and is a board member of The Graduate School Advisory Society at PSU; Her books include Police Professionalism Rhetoric and Action; Jails and Drug Treatment(co-authored); Criminal Justice Research New Models and Findings(co-edited); The Criminal Justice System and Women Offenders, Victims, and Workers, editions 1 and 2(co-edited). Natalie J. Sokoloff received her B.A. from the University of Michigan, M.A. from Brown University, and Ph.D. in Sociology from the Gradate School, CUNY. She is Professor of Sociology at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, CUNY, where she has taught for the past 30 years. In addition, she is on the doctoral faculty of CUNY in Sociology, Criminal Justice, and Women's Studies. She also has been a scholar of the Institute for Teaching and Research at Towson University (Maryland) for the past decade. Her books include: Between Money and Love: The Dialectics of Women's Home and Market Work, Black Women and White Women in the Professions: Occupational Segregation by Race and Gender, 1960-980, The Hidden Aspects of Women's Work (co-edited), The Criminal Justice System and Women: Offenders, Victims, Workers, 1st and 2nd edition (co-edited), and Multicultural Perspectives on Domestic Violence in the U.S.: An Anthology (forthcoming).ming).

Product Details

• Paperback: 624 pages
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages; 3 edition (July 1, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0072463996
• ISBN-13: 978-0072463996
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 7.3 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #167,644 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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1.0 out of 5 stars This Book is the Worst Textbook EVER, December 16, 2011

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Pat (OCALA, FL, US) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Criminal Justice System and Women: Offenders, Prisoners, Victims, and Workers (Paperback)

I have seen many textbooks in my lifetime but this was, by far, the worst I have ever seen! It is extremely outdated and there is no index in the book. Many of the facts were based on statistics from the 80's so I felt like I was learning things that are no longer correct. They have updated the edition numbers but not the facts and stats that are used. Unless you are required to have this book for a class, don't waste your money on this. If you HAVE to get it, just get a used one as cheap as you can because chances are you will not want to keep it after the class.

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3.0 out of 5 stars Outdated, July 9, 2010

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This review is from: The Criminal Justice System and Women: Offenders, Prisoners, Victims, and Workers (Paperback)

This book needs to be updated because the authors are using data from the late 80's and early 90's. Each chapter is written by a different author and some are better than others. The book is one sided and ignores reality in a lot of places because it would contradict some of their theories. The book is decent but you must remember it is one sided and they seem to have an agenda. Keep an open mind while reading it, a lot of the information is either dated or wrong.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Interesting read, June 5, 2009

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M. Williams "Ti_Ja Chula" (Orlando, FL USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Criminal Justice System and Women: Offenders, Prisoners, Victims, and Workers (Paperback)

The book is very interesting and the chapters are not too long!! The main points are made within the introduction of the chapters!! The information is useful and it mentions most demographics and how they affect women in society!