Barak, Gregg.

Class, race, gender, and crime : the social realities of justice in America / Gregg Barak, Paul Leighton, and Jeanne Flavin. - 3rd ed. - Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield, c2010. - xxxvi, 372 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Criminology and the study of class, race, gender, and crime -- Criminal justice work and the crime control enterprise -- Understanding class and economic privilege -- Understanding race and white privilege -- Understanding gender and male privilege -- Understanding privilege and the intersections of class, race, and gender -- Victimology and patterns of victimization -- Law making and the administration of criminal law -- Law enforcement and criminal prosecution -- Punishment, sentencing, and imprisonment.

9780742599697 (hbk.) 9780742599703 (pbk.) 9780742599710 (ebk.)


Criminal justice, Administration of--United States.


United States--Social conditions.

364.973 / BAR 2010