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Mad or Bad? : Race, Class, Gender, and Mental Disorder in the Criminal Justice System.

Thompson explores the process through which criminal responsibility is constructed and reproduced on the basis of race and gender. While feminist literature points to constructions of female offenders as "mad" and male offenders as "bad," this research do not support this perspec...

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Основен автор: Thompson, Melissa.
Формат: Електронна книга
Език: English
Публикувано: El Paso : LFB Scholarly Pub. LLC, 2010.
Серия: Criminal justice (LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC)
Предмети:
Discrimination in criminal justice administration > United States.
Crime and race > United States.
Crime > Sex differences > United States.
Criminals > Mental health > United States.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Criminology.
Crime and race.
Crime > Sex differences.
Criminals > Mental health.
Discrimination in criminal justice administration.
United States > .
Electronic books.
Онлайн достъп: http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=520450
Съдържание:
  • The mental health and criminal justice systems as agents of social control
  • The study of race, class, gender, mental illness, and crime
  • Data sources and methodology
  • Institutional social control: causes and effects
  • Mental health treatment among sentenced offenders
  • Conclusion.

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