Women, Gender, and Crime
Core Concepts
- Stacy L. Mallicoat - California State University, Fullerton, USA
March 2018 | 296 pages | SAGE Publications, Inc
Women, Gender, and Crime: Core Concepts provides students with a complete and concise view into the intersection of gender and the criminal justice system. Author Stacy L. Mallicoat explores core topics on women as victims, offenders, and criminal justice professionals as they interact with various areas of the criminal justice system. She investigates relevant subjects that are not found in many traditional texts, including women who work as victim advocates and international issues of crime and justice relating to gender.
Key Features:
- This text discusses women and victimization prior to covering women as offenders, because victimization is often a precursor to offending.
- Case Studies present compelling examples that connect concepts to real-life occurrences to reinforce learning and cover key issues, such as, sexual victimization in the military, stalking on college campuses, financial challenges for incarcerated women, pregnancy and policing, and self-care for victim advocates.
- Coverage of critical topics introduce students to important issues such as gender representation in criminal justice academia, multiple marginalities and LGBT populations, cyberstalking, labor trafficking, and challenges faced by women as criminal justice practitioners.
- Statistics, graphs, and tables demonstrate the most recent trends in the field to give students an accurate picture of the criminal justice system today.
The free, open-access Student Site at study.sagepub.com/mallicoat3e features web quizzes, web resources, and more. Instructors, sign in at study.sagepub.com/mallicoat3e for additional resources!
Preface
Acknowledgments
CHAPTER 1. Women, Gender, and Crime: Introduction
| The Influence of Feminism on Studies of Women, Gender, and Crime |
| Women, Gender, and Crime |
| Data Sources on Women as Victims and Offenders |
| The Contributions of Feminist Methodology to Research on Women, Gender, and Crime |
| Conclusion |
| SUMMARY |
| KEY TERMS |
| DISCUSSION QUESTIONS |
| WEB RESOURCES |
CHAPTER 2. Theories of Victimization
| Victims and the Criminal Justice System |
| Fear of Victimization |
| Theories on Victimization |
| SUMMARY |
| KEY TERMS |
| DISCUSSION QUESTIONS |
| WEB RESOURCES |
CHAPTER 3. Women, Gender, and Victimization: Rape and Sexual Assault
| Historical Perspectives on Rape and Sexual Assault |
| Defining Sexual Victimization |
| Prevalence of Rape and Sexual Assault |
| Rape Myths |
| Acquaintance Versus Stranger Assault |
| Drug-Facilitated Sexual Assault |
| Spousal Rape |
| Campus Sexual Assault |
| LGBQT Sexual Violence |
| Racial Differences in Sexual Assault |
| The Role of Victims in Sexual Assault Cases |
| Conclusion |
| SUMMARY |
| KEY TERMS |
| DISCUSSION QUESTIONS |
| WEB RESOURCES |
CHAPTER 4. Women, Gender, and Victimization: Intimate Partner Abuse and Stalking
| Defining and Identifying Intimate Partner Abuse |
| The Cycle of Violence |
| Victims of Intimate Partner Abuse |
| Barriers to Leaving an Abusive Relationship |
| Victim Experiences With Police and Corrections |
| Stalking and Intimate Partner Violence |
| Victims and Offenders of Stalking |
| Cyberstalking |
| Laws on Stalking |
| Conclusion |
| SUMMARY |
| KEY TERMS |
| DISCUSSION QUESTIONS |
| WEB RESOURCES |
CHAPTER 5. International Issues in Gender-Based Violence
| Human Trafficking |
| Rape as a War Crime |
| Female Genital Mutilation |
| Honor-Based Violence |
| Conclusion |
| SUMMARY |
| KEY TERMS |
| DISCUSSION QUESTIONS |
| WEB RESOURCES |
CHAPTER 6. Women, Gender, and Offending
| Theoretical Perspectives on Female Criminality |
| SUMMARY |
| KEY TERMS |
| DISCUSSION QUESTIONS |
| WEB RESOURCES |
CHAPTER 7. Girls, Gender, and Juvenile Delinquency
| The Rise of the Juvenile Court and the Sexual Double Standard |
| The Nature and Extent of Female Delinquency |
| The “Violent” Girl |
| Technical Violations: The New Status Offense |
| Risk Factors for Female Delinquency |
| Meeting the Unique Needs of Delinquent Girls |
| SUMMARY |
| KEY TERMS |
| DISCUSSION QUESTIONS |
| WEB RESOURCES |
CHAPTER 8. Female Offenders and Their Crimes
| Women and Drugs |
| Property Crime |
| Prostitution |
| Women and Violence |
| Mothers Who Kill Their Children |
| SUMMARY |
| KEY TERMS |
| DISCUSSION QUESTIONS |
| WEB RESOURCES |
CHAPTER 9. Processing and Sentencing of Female Offenders
| Stage of the Criminal Justice System |
| Race Effects and the Processing of Female Offenders |
| The War on Drugs and Its Effects for Women |
| The Effects of Extralegal Factors on Sentencing Women |
| The Effects of Sentencing Guidelines on Judicial Decision Making |
| International Perspectives on the Processing of Female Offenders |
| Conclusion |
| SUMMARY |
| KEY TERMS |
| DISCUSSION QUESTIONS |
CHAPTER 10. The Supervision of Women: Community Corrections, Rehabilitation, and Reentry
| Gender-Responsive Programming for Women |
| The Supervision of Women in the Community |
| Women on Parole |
| Reentry Issues for Incarcerated Women |
| Recidivism and Female Offenders |
| SUMMARY |
| KEY TERMS |
| DISCUSSION QUESTIONS |
| WEB RESOURCES |
CHAPTER 11. Women, Gender, and Incarceration
| Historical Context of Female Prisons |
| Contemporary Issues for Incarcerated Women |
| Physical and Mental Health Needs of Incarcerated Women |
| Children of Incarcerated Mothers: The Unintended Victims |
| SUMMARY |
| KEY TERMS |
| DISCUSSION QUESTIONS |
| WEB RESOURCES |
CHAPTER 12. Women Professionals and the Criminal Justice System: Police, Corrections, and Offender Services
| Women in Policing |
| Women in Corrections |
| Community Corrections: Female Probation and Parole Officers |
| Conclusion |
| SUMMARY |
| KEY TERMS |
| DISCUSSION QUESTIONS |
| WEB RESOURCES |
CHAPTER 13. Women Professionals and the Criminal Justice System: Courts and Victim Services
| Women and the Law |
| Women and the Judiciary |
| Women and Work in Victim Services |
| Conclusion |
| SUMMARY |
| KEY TERMS |
| DISCUSSION QUESTIONS |
| WEB RESOURCES |
Glossary
References
Index
About the Author
Supplements
Student Study Site
The open-access Student Study Site includes the following:
- Mobile-friendly eFlashcards reinforce understanding of key terms and concepts that have been outlined in the chapters.
- Mobile-friendly web quizzes allow for independent assessment of progress made in learning course material.
- EXCLUSIVE! Access to certain full-text SAGE journal articles that have been carefully selected for each chapter.
- Web resources are included for further research and insights.
- Carefully selected, video links feature relevant interviews, lectures, personal stories, inquiries, and other content for use in independent or classroom-based explorations of key topics.
Instructor Resource Site
The password-protected Instructor Resource Site includes the following:
- A Microsoft® Word® test bank is available containing multiple choice, true/false, short answer, and essay questions for each chapter. The test bank provides you with a diverse range of pre-written options as well as the opportunity for editing any question and/or inserting your own personalized questions to effectively assess students’ progress and understanding.
- Editable, chapter-specific Microsoft® PowerPoint® slides offer you complete flexibility in easily creating a multimedia presentation for your course. Highlight essential content, features, and artwork from the book.
- Lecture notes summarize key concepts on a chapter-by-chapter basis to help with preparation for lectures and class discussions.
- Sample course syllabi for semester and quarter courses provide suggested models for use when creating the syllabi for your courses.
- EXCLUSIVE! Access to certain full-text SAGE journal articles that have been carefully selected for each chapter. Each article supports and expands on the concepts presented in the chapter.
- Web resources are included for further research and insights.
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“It is an all inclusive text on women’s issues geared toward undergraduate students. The chapters are an easy read, but they get the main points across.”
Georgia Southern University
“Very interesting topic with some good intriguing cases.”
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Sample Materials & Chapters
Chapter 1: Women and Crime: An Introduction
Chapter 4 - Women, Gender, and Victimization
