Race, Gender, and Punishment From Colonialism to the War on Terror |
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| Contribution by:
| Flavin, Jeanne
Bosworth, Mary
Welch, Michael
Chowdhry, Gheeta
Beeman, Mark
Banks, Cyndi
Urbina, Martin
Smith, Leslie
Young, Vernetta
Spencer, Zoe
Messerschmidt, James W.
Calavita, Kitty
Sanchez, Lisa
Dfaz-Cotto, Juanita
Miller, Vivien |
| Editor:
| Flavin, Jeanne
Bosworth, Mary |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8135-3904-1 |
| Publication Date: | Nov 2006 |
| Publisher: | Rutgers University Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $34.95USD $37.95 |
Book Description:
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In this book, Mary Bosworth and Jeanne Flavin bring together twelve original essays by prominent scholars to examine not only the discrimination that is evident, but also the structural and cultural forces that have influenced and continue to perpetuate the current situation. Contributors point to four major factors that have impacted public sentiment and criminal justice policy: colonialism, slavery, immigration, and globalization. In doing so they reveal how practices of...
More DescriptionIn this book, Mary Bosworth and Jeanne Flavin bring together twelve original essays by prominent scholars to examine not only the discrimination that is evident, but also the structural and cultural forces that have influenced and continue to perpetuate the current situation. Contributors point to four major factors that have impacted public sentiment and criminal justice policy: colonialism, slavery, immigration, and globalization. In doing so they reveal how practices of punishment not only need particular ideas about race to exist, but they also legitimate them.