Class, race, gender, and crime : the social realities of justice in America

Class, Race, Gender, and Crime is a popular, and provocative, introduction to crime and the criminal justice system through the lens of class, race, gender, and their intersections. The book systematically explores how the main sites of power and privilege in the United States consciously or unconsciously shape our understanding of crime and justice in society today. The fifth edition maintains the overall structure of the fourth edition--including consistent headings in chapters for class, race, gender, and intersections--with updated examples, current data, and recent theoretical developments throughout. This new edition includes expanded discussions of police violence and the Black Lives Matter movement, immigration, and queer criminology. This book is accompanied by a learning package designed to enhance the experience of both instructors and students. Contact textbooks@rowman.com for more information. Instructor's Manual. 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List of Figures, Tables, and Boxes......Page 22 Preface......Page 23 Introduction: Crime, Inequality, and Justice......Page 27 PART I Crime Control and Criminology......Page 35 CHAPTER 1 The Crime Control Enterprise and Its Workers......Page 36 Globalization and Immigration......Page 39 Militarization......Page 41 Privatization and Revenue Collection......Page 43 Cybercrime/Security......Page 45 Criminal Justice Workers......Page 47 Implications......Page 57 CHAPTER 2 Criminology and the Study of Class, Race, Gender, and Crime......Page 60 Classical, Positive, and Critical Criminologies......Page 62 Class and Criminology......Page 65 Race and Criminology......Page 69 Gender and Criminology......Page 71 Intersectionality and Criminology......Page 74 Implications......Page 77 PART II Inequality and Privilege......Page 80 CHAPTER 3 Understanding Class and Economic Privilege......Page 81 Social Class and Stratification in Society......Page 84 Economic Distributions—Ideals and Reality......Page 86 Implications......Page 98 CHAPTER 4 Understanding Race and White Privilege......Page 100 The Social Construction of Ethnicity and Race......Page 103 Stereotypes, Power, and Privilege......Page 107 Implications......Page 114 CHAPTER 5 Understanding Gender and Male Privilege......Page 117 Gender and Sex in Society......Page 121 Male Privilege......Page 127 Implications......Page 131 CHAPTER 6 Understanding Privilege and the Intersections of Class, Race, and Gender......Page 133 No “Master Status”137......Page 137 Data and Modeling......Page 141 Black Lives Matter......Page 143 Implications......Page 144 PART III Law and Criminal Justice......Page 147 CHAPTER 7 Victimology and Patterns of Victimization......Page 148 Victimization and Class......Page 154 Victimization and Race......Page 157 Victimization and Gender......Page 161 Victimization and Intersectionality......Page 165 Implications......Page 168 CHAPTER 8 Lawmaking and the Administration of Criminal Law......Page 170 Class, Crime, and the Law......Page 173 Race, Crime, and the Law......Page 179 Gender, Crime, and the Law......Page 184 Intersectionality, Crime, and the Law......Page 188 Implications......Page 190 CHAPTER 9 Law Enforcement and Criminal Prosecution......Page 192 Criminal Identification and Class Control......Page 195 Criminal Identification and Race Control......Page 200 Criminal Identification and Gender Control......Page 205 Intersectionality and the Identification of Criminals......Page 208 Implications......Page 210 CHAPTER 10 Punishment, Sentencing, and Imprisonment......Page 213 Class and the Punishment of Offenders......Page 219 Race and the Punishment of Offenders......Page 223 Gender and the Punishment of Offenders......Page 226 Intersections and the Punishment of Offenders......Page 229 Implications......Page 233 Conclusion: Crime, Justice, and Policy......Page 235 References......Page 258 Name Index......Page 272 Subject Index......Page 278 About the Authors......Page 288 Class, Race, Gender, and Crime is a popular, and provocative, introduction to crime and the criminal justice system through the lens of class, race, gender, and their intersections. The book systematically explores how the main sites of power and privilege in the United States consciously or unconsciously shape our understanding of crime and justice in society today. The fifth edition maintains the overall structure of the fourth edition--including consistent headings in chapters for class, race, gender, and intersections--with updated examples, current data, and recent theoretical developments throughout. This new edition includes expanded discussions of police violence and the Black Lives Matter movement, immigration, and queer criminology. This book is accompanied by a learning package designed to enhance the experience of both instructors and students. Contact textbooks@rowman.com for more information. Instructor's Manual. For each chapter in the text, this valuable resource provides a chapter outline, chapter summary, and suggestions for additional projects and activities related to the chapter. Test Bank. The Test Bank includes multiple choice, true-false, fill-in-the-blank, short answer, and essay questions for each chapter. The Test Bank is available as a Word document, PDF, or through the test management system Respondus. Respondus 4.0(c). Respondus 4.0(c) is a powerful tool for creating and managing exams that can be printed to paper or published directly to the most popular learning management systems. Exams can be created offline or moved from one LMS to another. Respondus LE is available for free and can be used to automate the process of creating print tests. Respondus 4.0, available for purchase or via a school site license, prepares tests to be uploaded to an LMS. Click here: http: //[www.respondus.com/products/testbank/s...](http://www.respondus.com/products/testbank/search.php)to submit your request. Class, Race, Gender, and Crime is a popular, and provocative, introduction to crime and the criminal justice system through the lens of class, race, gender, and their intersections. The book systematically explores how the main sites of power and privilege in the United States consciously or unconsciously shape our understanding of crime and justice in society today. The fifth edition maintains the overall structure of the fourth edition—including consistent headings in chapters for class, race, gender, and intersections—with updated examples, current data, and recent theoretical developments throughout. This new edition includes expanded discussions of police violence and the Black Lives Matter movement, immigration, and queer criminology. This book is accompanied by instructor ancillaries. See the Resources tab for more information. Instructor’s Manual. For each chapter in the text, this valuable resource provides a chapter outline, chapter summary, and suggestions for additional projects and activities related to the chapter. Test Bank. The Test Bank includes multiple choice, true-false, fill-in-the-blank, short answer, and essay questions for each chapter. The Test Bank is available as a Word document, PDF, or through the test management system Respondus. Class, Race, Gender, and Crime is a popular, and provocative, introduction to crime and the criminal justice system through the lens of class, race, gender, and their intersections. The book systematically explores how the main sites of power and privilege in the United States consciously or unconsciously shape our understanding of crime and justice in society today. The fifth edition maintains the overall structure of the fourth edition--including consistent headings in chapters for class, race, gender, and intersections--with updated examples, current data, and recent theoretical developments throughout. This new edition includes expanded discussions of police violence and the Black Lives Matter movement, disability, immigration, and queer criminology.--Publisher website "Class, Race, Gender, and Crime is a popular and provocative introduction to crime and the criminal justice system through the lenses of class, race, gender, and their intersections. The book remains the only non-edited text to systematically explore how the main sites of power and privilege in the United States consciously or unconsciously shape our understanding of crime and justice in society today". -- BACKCOVER. Class, Race, Gender, and Crime is a powerful introduction to crime and the criminal justice system through the lens of class, race, gender, and their intersections. The book explores how power and privilege shape our understanding of crime and justice. The fifth edition features new material on police violence and Black Lives Matter, disability, and more Class, Race, Gender, and Crime is an introduction to crime and the criminal justice system through the lens of class, race, gender, and their intersections. The book explores how power and privilege shape our understanding of crime and justice. The fifth edition features new material on police violence and Black Lives Matter, disability, and more.