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Criminal justice, politics, and women : the aftermath of legally mandated change / Claudine SchWeber, Clarice Feinman, editors.
LIBRA KF9304 .C75 1985
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Wife abuse--United States.
- Wife abuse.
- United States.
- Rape--United States.
- Rape.
- Prostitution--United States.
- Prostitution.
- Correctional law--United States.
- Correctional law.
- Sex discrimination in criminal justice administration--United States.
- Sex discrimination in criminal justice administration.
- Physical Description:
- 133 pages ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Haworth Press, [1985]
- Summary:
- Experts provide important insights on the intent and subsequent outcome of legislated change at the national and local levels in the area of criminal justice and women. Here is a revealing examination of the impact of judicial and legislative changes on the treatment of female victims and offenders in the areas of corrections, domestic violence, sexual assault, and prostitution look at actual case studies demonstrates that the condition of women's lives will not be changed merely by going to court or getting a new law. This is an enlightening book for readers who may believe that discrimination can be eliminated through legal changes alone.
- Notes:
- "Has also been published as Women & politics, volume 4, number 3, Fall 1984"--p.
- Bibliography: pages 121-133.
- ISBN:
- 0866563644 :
- OCLC:
- 11444420
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