Women and the criminal justice system / by Van Wormer, Katherine S.

Table of Contents: “…Preface -- Part 1: Introduction -- 1: Theoretical perspectives on women and the criminal justice system -- Study of crime and the male perspective -- Oppression through a feminist lens -- Feminist theories -- Liberal feminism -- Radical feminism -- Marxist feminism -- Socialist feminism -- Postmodern feminism -- Black feminism -- Latina feminism -- Rise of feminist criminology -- Backlash to the women's movement -- Development of gender-specific programming -- Laws defining women's place -- Sexual harassment of women in criminal justice institutions -- Gender, class, and race and women in the criminal justice system -- Empowerment perspective -- Paradigm shift -- Summary -- Key terms -- Critical thinking questions -- Web destinations -- References -- Part 2: Female Crime And Delinquency -- 2: Women in crime -- Antifeminist accounts of female crime -- Is female crime increasing? …”