Gender Issues, Sex Offenses, and Criminal Justice : Current Trends
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| Title: | Gender Issues, Sex Offenses, and Criminal Justice : Current Trends |
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| Description: | Here is a powerful look at gender issues in the criminal justice system, particularly as gender is related to sex offenses and the system's response to those offenses. Experts examine inmate sexual aggression, gender disparity in bail setting, racial patterns of rape, the female offender's adjustment to prison life, the psychological profile of female first offenders, and the self-image of juvenile prostitutes. |
| Authors: | Janine Chaneles |
| Resource Type: | eBook. |
| Subjects: | HV8836 |
| Categories: | SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology, PSYCHOLOGY / Forensic Psychology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Gender Studies |
| Database: | eBook Collection (EBSCOhost) |
| Abstract: | Here is a powerful look at gender issues in the criminal justice system, particularly as gender is related to sex offenses and the system's response to those offenses. Experts examine inmate sexual aggression, gender disparity in bail setting, racial patterns of rape, the female offender's adjustment to prison life, the psychological profile of female first offenders, and the self-image of juvenile prostitutes. |
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| ISBN: | 9780866563574 9781317735403 9781317735410 9781315791401 |
