Women, Crime, and Justice : Balancing the Scales.

Intro -- Title page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Acknowledgments -- About the website -- 1 Foundations for understanding women and crime -- Student learning outcomes -- Introduction -- Reasons for the focus on women and crime -- Case study: Chibok kidnappings -- Concepts of importance -- Special legal issues: Legal considerations for the burqa and niqab -- Gender in criminology and criminal justice -- Global perspectives: An example of feminism in Saudi Arabia -- Feminist criminology and feminist theory -- Conclusion -- Suggested readings -- Student engagement activities -- Discussion questions -- Key terms -- References -- 2 Women and the crimes that they commit -- Student learning outcomes -- Introduction -- Case study: Rosemary West -- Defining crime -- Special legal issues: Differences in the definitions of crime -- Measuring crime -- Global perspectives: Female offenders across the globe -- Explanations for crime -- Why do women commit crime? -- Conclusion -- Suggested readings -- Student engagement activities -- Discussion questions -- Key terms -- References -- 3 Women convicted of crime and their punishments -- Student learning outcomes -- Introduction -- Case study: Malala Yousafzai -- Gender and sentencing -- Women in institutional custody -- Conditions specific to imprisoned women -- Special legal issues: Medical care issues -- Global perspectives: Incarcerated female offenders across the globe -- Community corrections and reentry -- Correctional programming for women -- Conclusion -- Suggested readings -- Student engagement activities -- Discussion questions -- Key terms -- References -- 4 Legal control over 
women's bodies: Pregnancy and crime -- Student learning outcomes -- Introduction -- Case study: Aleksa Lundberg -- Involuntary sterilization and eugenics -- Global perspectives: The sterilization of women across 
the globe.

The criminalization of abortion -- Special legal issues: One-child family policy in China and abortions -- Criminalization of pregnant women -- Shackling of pregnant inmates giving birth -- Conclusion -- Suggested readings -- Student engagement activities -- Discussion questions -- Key terms -- References -- 5 Sexual victimization -- Student learning outcomes -- Introduction -- Case study: Sexual assault in India -- Defining and prosecuting rape - then and now -- Special legal issues: Legislative changes in India -- The measurement of sexual victimization -- Text box: National Violence Against Women definitions and 
survey questions -- Prevalence of sexual victimization -- Theories of rape -- The social context of rape -- Text box: Common rape myths from the Illinois Rape Myth 
Acceptance Scale -- Types of sexual victimization -- Global perspectives: Rape in wartime -- The impact of rape on victims -- Text box: "Remember My Name": A poem written by a rape victim -- Treatment of rape victims -- Text box: Contents of a rape kit -- Preventing sexual violence -- Conclusion -- Suggested readings -- Student engagement activities -- Discussion questions -- Key terms -- References -- 6 Domestic violence -- Student learning outcomes -- Introduction -- When did society start to consider domestic violence 
to be a crime? -- How many people are affected by family violence? -- Global perspectives: Domestic violence across the globe -- Theory and domestic violence -- Special legal issues: Battered women syndrome defense in other countries -- What are the risk factors associated with domestic assault? -- Case study: Case A. Homicide-parasuicide involving a man killing his spouse -- Domestic violence and other domestic relationships -- Intimate partner violence and victim responses -- What has been done legally?.

Necessary criminal justice policy responses and domestic violence -- Necessary social service agencies and medical professional responses to domestic violence -- What programs exist for offenders? -- Conclusion -- Suggested readings -- Student engagement activities -- Discussion questions -- Key terms -- References -- 7 Victimization enabled by technology -- Student learning outcomes -- Introduction -- Bullying behavior and victimization -- Text box: Statistics: Bullying statistics 2010 -- Global perspectives: Cyberbullying in the United Kingdom -- Case study: Cyberbullying suicide in Italy -- Cyberbullying laws -- Necessary criminal justice policy responses to cyberbullying -- Text box: Cyberbullying: What we know, What can we do? -- Necessary social and community responses to cyberbullying -- Conclusion -- Suggested readings -- Student engagement activities -- Discussion questions -- Key terms -- References -- 8 Women and law enforcement -- Student learning outcomes -- Introduction -- Case study: Malalai Kakar -- History of women in policing -- Global perspectives: Entry into policing and roles -- Text box: Female police in Latin America -- Special legal issues: Legal pathways for female officers in South Africa -- Women and their employment in law enforcement -- Global perspectives: Shared experiences/distinct 
differences -- Conclusion -- Suggested readings -- Student engagement activities -- Discussion questions -- Key terms -- References -- 9 Women in the courts -- Student learning outcomes -- Introduction -- Case study: Kate Baker -- History of women as lawyers and jurists -- Global perspectives: Entry into the legal profession for women across the globe -- Text box: Bradwell v. State of Illinois, 83 U.S. 130 (Wall., 1872) -- Women and their employment in the legal profession -- Special legal issues: Discrimination in Iran.

Text box: Women in the federal judiciary: Still a long way to go -- Global perspectives: Female judges in Syria -- Necessary legal system policy responses -- Conclusion -- Suggested readings -- Student engagement activities -- Discussion questions -- Key terms -- References -- 10 Women working with post-conviction offenders -- Student learning outcomes -- Introduction -- Case study: Claire Lewis -- History of women working in jails and prisons -- Global perspectives: Entry into corrections for women across the globe -- Special legal issues: Prison law of China -- Challenges to women in the field of corrections -- Global perspectives: Women in corrections across the border -- Effectiveness of women correctional workers -- Conclusion -- Suggested readings -- Student engagement activities -- Discussion questions -- Key terms -- References -- 11 Conclusion -- Student learning outcomes -- Introduction -- Case study: The Australian rugby team and group sex session -- Women, feminist criminology, and criminal justice -- Global perspectives: Islamic feminism in the Middle East -- Special legal issues: UN Bangkok Rules -- Text box: International Women's Day 2015 Theme: MAKE IT HAPPEN -- Conclusion -- Suggested readings -- Student engagement activities -- Discussion questions -- Key term -- Note -- References -- Glossary -- Index -- EULA.

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