Why are there pronounced gender differences in rates of criminal victimization? Does gender influence the response
of the criminal justice system and other parts of the community to offenders and to crime victims? What part does
gender play in the etiology of illegal activities committed by both males and females? Understanding Gender, Crime,
and Justice takes a contemporary look at such questions and considers areas that are often neglected in other books
on gender, crime, and justice.
In the last three decades, there has been an explosion of theory and related research relevant to gender, crime,
and justice. Author Merry Morash, a well-known feminist scholar in the field of criminal justice, acquaints readers
with key breakthroughs in criminological conceptualization and theories to explain the interplay between gender
and both crime and justice. Understanding Gender, Crime, and Justice pays especial attention to race, ethnicity,
and immigrant groups, and provides a unique comparative perspective.
Key Features
Includes first-person accounts from crime victims, workers in the justice system, male lawbreakers, and women
engaged in prostitution to give insight into a diversity of experiences and standpoints
Parallels the effects of gender and sexual orientation in laws, in patterns and causes of victimization, and
in the responses of the justice system to both victims and offenders
Integrates international examples to place U.S. experiences in a comparative perspective and to show gender
inequities on a worldwide scale
Provides numerous photos--unique for a text of this type--to portray people of all sorts in various regions of
the world
Includes Web site recommendations for further exploration of chapter topics