Women's Studies Quarterly (32: 3&4): Women, Crime, and the Criminal Justice System [Paperback]

LaVerne McQuiller Williams (Editor)

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Publication Date: December 1, 2004

From an investigation of the motivations of Andrea Yates to analysis of “Prime Suspect 2,” this far-reaching and groundbreaking issue of WSQ explores why women’s issues in the field of criminal justice studies have become increasingly visible in recent years. The articles and essays explore the impact of mandatory sentencing and the war on drugs on women; describe cases where prosecutors use existing drug trafficking and child abuse laws to prosecute women for maternal drug use; and examine the recent HIV epidemic facing incarcerated women.

LaVerne McQuiller Williams is an assistant professor of criminal justice at the Rochester Institute of Technology.

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LaVerne McQuiller Williams is an assistant professor of criminal justice at the Rochester Institute of Technology.

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About the Author

LaVerne McQuiller Williams, J.D., M.S., is an Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice at the Rochester Institute of Technology. She teaches courses in Women & Crime, Minorities & Criminal Justice, Criminal Law, Evidence, Honors Research and Field Seminar. She is currently conducting federally funded research on violence against college women. Prior to joining the RIT faculty in 1996, Professor McQuiller Williams was an Assistant District Attorney in Rensselear County where she specialized in sexual assault and domestic violence cases.

Product Details

Paperback: 250 pages
Publisher: The Feminist Press at CUNY (December 1, 2004)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1558614869
ISBN-13: 978-1558614864
Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 6.5 x 0.6 inches
Shipping Weight: 11.2 ounces
Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,555,947 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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invisible punishment, black nationalism, family violence, black women, rehabilitative programming, forgotten population, classroom debate, white privilege, imprisonment binge, convicted drug felons, social structural influences, mandatory arrest, incarcerated women, incarcerated woman, female criminality, women offenders, imprisoned women, adult criminal behavior, general strain theory, police bias, crime genre, female offending, drug felonies

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New York, Prime Suspect, Women's Studies Quarterly, United States, Violence Against Women, Thousand Oaks, Social Control, Retrieved May, Andrea Yates, Bureau of Justice Statistics, Department of Justice, The New Press, Human Rights Watch, Newbury Park, Retrieved June, Van Wormer, Topeka Correctional Facility, African American, Bernina Mata, San Francisco, Aspen Publishers, The Prison Journal, Upper Saddle River, Sage Publications, Northeastern University Press

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