1st Edition

Women in the Criminal Justice System Tracking the Journey of Females and Crime

Edited By Tina L. Freiburger, Catherine D. Marcum Copyright 2016
296 Pages
by Routledge

294 Pages
by Routledge

293 Pages
by Routledge

Women in the Criminal Justice System: Tracking the Journey of Females and Crime provides a rare up-to-date examination of women both as offenders and employees in the criminal justice system. While the crime rate in the United States is currently decreasing, the rate of female incarceration is rising. Female participation in the criminal justice workforce is also rising. However, women on both... Read more

History of Gender and Social Control in the CJ System
Corina Schulze

Female Crime and Theory
Alana Van Gundy

Criminal Justice as a Male Enterprise
Jeffrey W. Cohen

The Cycle of Intimate Partner Violence
Carly M. Hilinski-Rosick

Sexual Assault and the Evolution of Rape
Danielle Romain

Domestic and International Sex Trafficking
Michele P. Bratina and Kelly M. Carrero

Cybercrime
Catherine D. Marcum

Violent Women
Tina L. Freiburger

Role of Women in the War on Drugs
Amy Poland

The Female Thief
Doshie Piper and Georgen Guerrero

Prostitution
Katherine Winham and George E. Higgins

Mothers Who Kill
Kimberly D. Dodson and Leann N. Cabage

Incarcerated Women in the United States
Susan Marcus-Mendoza

Women in Law Enforcement
Wendy G. Perkins

Women in the Judicial System
Stephanie J. Kirven

Women in Corrections
Beverly Crank

Biography

Tina L. Freiburger is an associate professor and chair of the Department of Criminal Justice at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Her main areas of research include gender and racial/ethnic disparities in the judicial system, and women in the criminal justice system. She has published numerous articles in various criminal justice and other social science journals.

Catherine D. Marcum is an associate professor of criminal justice at Appalachian State University, Boone, North Carolina. Her areas of research are cybercrime, correctional issues, and sexual victimization. She has published numerous articles in various criminal justice and other social science journals, and has authored and edited multiple scholastic books.