Women and Crime: The Essentials (Women in the Criminal Justice System) - Softcover

Mallicoat, Stacy L.; Ireland, Connie Estrada

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1452217173 ISBN 13: 9781452217178

Publisher: SAGE Publications, Inc, 2013

Synopsis

This student-friendly text provides a comprehensive and unique view into the world of women interacting with the criminal justice system. Authors Stacy L. Mallicoat and Connie Ireland explore key topics on women as victims, offenders, and criminal justice workers as they interact with various areas in criminal justice. They investigate relevant subjects that are not found in many traditional texts, including women who work as victim advocates, and international issues of crime and justice for women. They highlight important discussions such as rape in the military or the Girls Scouts Beyond Bars program, and offer case studies on well-known offenders such as Mary Kay Letourneau and Andrea Yates. The text also provides a unique vignette on the story of Karla and Diana, two childhood friends whose lives take a dramatic turn throughout different aspects of the criminal justice system. This vignette, a composite of many subjects and case studies from the authors′ research and field experiences, highlights many of the major concepts for each chapter.

About this title

About the Authors

Stacy L. Mallicoat is a professor of criminal justice and Director of the University Honors program at California State University, Fullerton. She earned her BA in legal studies and sociology from Pacific Lutheran University and her PhD from the University of Colorado, Boulder, in sociology. She is the author of several Sage textbooks, including Crime and Criminal Justice: Concepts and Controversies, Women and Crime: Core Concepts, and Criminal Justice Policy. Her work also appears in a number of peer-­reviewed journals and edited volumes. She is an active member of the American Society of Criminology, the Western Society of Criminology, and the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences.

Connie Estrada Ireland earned her B.A. in Psychology and Social Behavior in 1996, followed by a second B.A. in Criminology, Law and Society in 1997 from the University of California, Irvine (UCI). She earned her M.A. in Social Ecology in 2001 and Ph.D. in Criminology, Law & Society in 2003, also from UCI. Dr. Ireland began her position in the Department of Criminal Justice at California State University, Long Beach in 2003, where she is currently an Associate Professor and Graduate Advisor. Her primary research interests are in corrections, especially parolee reintegration and service delivery, as well as the operations of correctional agencies, with an emphasis on drug treatment and gender. She is a member of the Western Society of Criminology, for which she was a board member between 2004-2007, the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, and the American Society of Criminology, where she is active in the divisions on Corrections and Women & Crime. Dr. Ireland received official recognition from the United States House of Representatives for her research on Women in Parole, which was exhibited at the T. H. Pendergast Parole Museum in 2005. Since her appointment at CSULB, she has published three books and fifteen peer-reviewed articles and delivered more than fifty conference presentations. Her fourth book, Sex, Law and (In)justice, is in progress.

Edition details

• Publisher: SAGE Publications, Inc
• Publication date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1452217173
• ISBN 13: 9781452217178
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 392