Women and Justice

1. Auflage 1999
ISBN: 978-90-5700-550-3
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 244 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 546 g

First published in 1999. societies and 'justice' systems pose for women. This is the first in the Women and the Law series is devoted to examining the implementation and implications of various policies and practices as they affect women around the world. Women and Justice: Development of International Policy deals with an analysis of women as viewed from the point of specific systems of justice and issues of equal treatment before the law. It is not intended to include all countries but to present an overview of certain representative areas as a basis for comparison against our American form of justice for women.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Muraskin, Roslyn

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gender Studies, Geschlechtersoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Kriminalsoziologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1 Women and the Law, Muraskin Roslyn; Chapter 2 Women Professionals in Criminal Justice, E.Flynn Edith; Chapter 3 Wife Abuse in South Korea*The order of author names does not imply unequal contributions to the Chapter. Merry Morash coordinated the research and writing. All authors contributed to development of research instruments, gathering data, translation of information, analyzing and interpreting data, and writing the Chapter. Working as graduate assistants at the Michigan State University School of Criminal Justice, Youn Hee Shin was extensively involved in translation of materials and development of the research instrument, and with Rosie Cherrie in organizing, conducting, and analyzing data from focus groups. Dr. Hae Sun Kim, Director of the Women’s Hotline in Seoul, conducted and recorded information from the interviews in South Korea. Hoan Bui, a doctoral student at the Michigan State University School of Criminal Justice, contributed to the review of literature and the preparation of the final draft of the Chapter., Morash Merry, Hoffman Vincent, Ho Lee Yoon, He Shim Young; Chapter 4 Gender and Crime Across Social Contexts, Kruttschnitt Candace; Chapter 5 Discrimination Against Women Under the Nationality Laws, H.Ammar Nawal; Chapter 6 Wife Rape in Great Britain*We are very grateful to the “World in Action” television series for funding the survey, to Denis Lancer of Staffordshire University for assistance with legal cases, and to Professor Jean Gregory of Middlesex University for helpful comments on questionnaire design., Kate Painter, David P.Farrington; Chapter 7 From Arrest Avoidance to Mandatory Arrest, Martin L. O’Connor; Chapter 8 Violence Against Women in the Caribbean, Zelma Henriques, Janice Joseph; Chapter 9 Research Note, Jolanta Juszkiewicz; Chapter 10 Conclusion, Roslyn Muraskin;

Über Autor(innen)

Roslyn Muraskin- C.W. Post Campus Long Island University Brookville, New York