Women, Prison and Crime

Social studies   |   Sociology   |   Book review   |   06/30/2008   |   .doc   |   7 pages
Document abstract : «Women, Prison and Crime This book examines female institutions and the treatment of women inmates in the past and today. Women, Prison and Crime. ...»

Synopsis abstract : «There are three distinct differences between male and female prisons. . Prisons are more like cottages.. There are five categories of programs in women's prisons.. Like men, women who have little stake in society often resort to criminal behavior....»

A critique of the connection between gender and crime

Political science   |   Social sciences   |   Term papers   |   02/26/2009   |   .doc   |   7 pages
Document abstract : « of female inmates she found 82% of the women had always it should be considered that to evaluate female crime through targeting prison populations is ...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. The changes in female attitudes: Indication of a dramatic shift in female ideology.. Steffensmeir evaluation and four alternative hypotheses.. Flaws in the theory.. Basis for female criminality.. The forming of social agencies.. Early...»

The systematic failings of the prison system

Political science   |   Social sciences   |   Term papers   |   04/21/2009   |   .doc   |   6 pages
Document abstract : « Factors related to crime and risk management, the increase and the discrimination of men against women are all The prison system is just another example where ...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction. Historical practices of punishment. Policy regime. New punishment policy. New penology . Conclusion. References....»

Feminism and criminology

Social studies   |   Psychology   |   Term papers   |   05/05/2002   |   .doc   |   10 pages
Document abstract : « But magistrates perceived their use of custody for women as a sentence of last resort, employed either because the crime was so serious that prison was the ...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction. Women as offenders. Neglecting women's violence. Increased focus on men's violence. Nature of women's crimes. Women's crime in the past. Increasing crime by women. The criminal justice system towards women-offenders. Explanations of...»

Criminal law - prison industrial complex - too complex? Criminal law - prison industrial complex - too complex? Criminal law - prison industrial complex - too complex?

Law & contracts   |   Criminal law   |   Presentation   |   08/08/2008   |   .doc   |   8 pages
Document abstract : « to create jobs and act tough on crime, private prison Dominion Group, filed a lawsuit against the prison alleging that more than a dozen women were raped ...»

Synopsis abstract : «Private sector and the criminal justice system.. The root causes of the new high demand for prisons.. The media in the push for harsher sentencing laws.. Corrections-officer unions and corrections corporations.. Private companies and cutting...»

An outline of the feminist and post-modernist critique of criminology

Social studies   |   Psychology   |   Term papers   |   02/26/2009   |   .doc   |   5 pages
Document abstract : « the lower class and that the prison system effectively They have argued that women are seen as irrational inferior, are however likely to commit crime that has ...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. Modern varieties of feminism.. Liberal feminists.. Radical feminism.. Marxist feminists.. Social feminism.. Black feminism.. Feminism as a political force.. Conclusion.. Bibliography.....»

Exodus to America: The experience of Irish Women in a New World.

Philosophy & literature   |   Humanities/philosophy   |   Case study   |   04/16/2008   |   .doc   |   6 pages
Document abstract : « of this, many Irish women ended up in prison, or in The social problems of Irish women in America were great for or were caught in a cycle of crime and poverty ...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction. Female emigration from Ireland . Irish American marriage patterns. Employment for young Irish women in America. The situation for working Irish women in America . Good luck in finding jobs or husbands . Husbandless Irish women and...»

Tearing the tag off the mattress :Why over-criminalization is an escalating epidemic

Law & contracts   |   Criminal law   |   Presentation   |   08/18/2008   |   .doc   |   6 pages
Document abstract : « For example, in the state of California, women may not of punishment, however is it also a crime if there serve time in a state or federal prison during their ...»

Synopsis abstract : «Abstract.. Introduction.. History of over criminalization.. Scale of over criminalization.. Possible solutions for over criminalization.. Recommended policy action.. Conclusion.....»

Homosexuality and the Law in Canada

Law & contracts   |   Civil law   |   Case study   |   04/22/2008   |   .doc   |   4 pages
Document abstract : « the men abandoned the natural function of the women and burned Ryan Cran received 6 years in prison. were being accused of participating in a hate crime he had ...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction. Public discrimination towards gays and lesbians. Punishment for homosexuality according to the English common law first. Persecuting homosexuals . Legalizing same sex marriage . Conclusion. Bibliography....»

Who Has Final Control Over Our Bodies: Me, You, or God?

Philosophy & literature   |   Humanities/philosophy   |   School essay   |   12/07/2007   |   .doc   |   3 pages
Document abstract : « an individual is essentially the slave of the prison. can still exist as a punishment for crime whereof the has created laws to control the bodies of women. ...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction. Existentialist philosophy . The philosopher Epictetus . The final controller of our person. The crime of choice . Conclusion. References....»

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