Class, Race, Gender, and Crime: Social Realities of Justice in America

• NCJ Number: 190182
• Author(s): Gregg Barak; Jeanne M. Flavin; Paul Leighton
• Date Published: 2001
• Length: 314 pages
• Sale Source: Roxbury Publishing Co.
• Publication Format: Book (Softbound)
• Publication Type: Overview Text
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

This book examines the dynamics of class, race, and gender as they relate to the social realities of crime and justice.

Abstract

The book attempts to understand how class, race, and gender operate independently and in combination to influence people's experience in and of the criminal justice system and larger society. It provides a historical and sociological context for analyzing how class, race, and gender apply to both criminology and the process of making law. Further, it examines how the constructs pertain to victimization, law enforcement, judicial processing, sentencing, criminal justice workers, employment patterns, and media representations of crime. The book briefly reviews such issues as privilege, Bill Gates and the fortunes of Microsoft, hate crimes, gay officers, stalking, and domestic violence. It examines three systems of justice -- equal, restorative, and social -- and the policy implications of each for reducing crime and maximizing justice. Finally, it summarizes reforms for policies to reduce crime and promote social justice. Figures, tables, notes, references, indexes