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The study of women and crime -- Theories of female criminality -- The female victim and the criminal justice system -- Prostitution and sex crimes -- Women and domestic violence -- Other domestic offenses -- Female drug offending -- Women and corrections -- Issues in female delinquency -- Women working in the criminal justice system --Employment issues and the law -- Race, class, and gender : separating the effects.

Race still matters in Canada, and in the context of crime and criminal justice, it matters a lot. In this book, the authors focus on the ways in which racial minority groups are criminalized, as well as the ways in which the Canadian criminal justice system is racialized

This text delivers a comprehensive overview of race and ethnicity across the criminal justice system. It unpacks terms such as 'race', 'diversity' and 'multiculturalism' to equip students with a thorough understanding of this complex subject area. Featuring chapters by leading experts, Race and Criminal Justice provides a specialist introduction to each area of the criminal justice system, including police, prosecution, prisons and probation. It also features stimulating discussion of contemporary issues, such as criminal justice responses to refugees and asylum seekers, and the experiences of

Intro -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- 1: Defining Desistance -- Defining Desistance -- Desistance and the (Absence of) the 'Woman Question' -- Aims of Desisting Sisters -- Desistance Contexts -- Northshire -- Southton -- Easton -- Central Town -- Northton -- Weston -- Formal Desistance Settings -- The Women's Centres -- The Housing for Northshire Project -- Participant Profiles -- Chapter Outline -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- 2: Explaining Desistance: Traditional Perspectives -- Ontogenetic Explanations -- Critiquing Maturational Theory -- Maturational Theory and Gender -- Sociogenic Explanations -- Marriage -- Employment -- Other Social Bonds -- Critiquing Social Bonds Theory -- Social Bonds Theory and Gender -- Subjective Explanations -- Hope and Self-Efficacy -- Shame, Remorse and Stigma -- Identity -- Narrative Theory and Gender -- Combining Explanations -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- 3: A Case of Growing Up? A Feminist Critique of Maturational Theory -- Support for the Ontogenetic Theory -- Late-Onset Offending -- One-off Offending -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- 4: 'A Good Job and the Love of a Good Woman': A Feminist Critique of Social Bonds Theory -- Adult Social Bonds -- Employment -- Contexts of Employment -- Educating Northshire -- The Paradox of Volunteering -- Employment, Education and the Justice System -- Romantic Relationships -- Holly's Story -- Supportive Relationships, Domestic Abuse and Desistance: Similar Desistance Outcomes for Vastly Different Experiences -- Relationships with Men and Offending -- Independence and Desistance -- Romantic Relationships and the Criminal Justice System (CJS) -- Becoming a Mother -- Gaining Stable Accommodation -- Communities, Friendships and Desistance -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- 5: All in the Head? A Feminist Critique of Subjective Theory -- Hope and Self-Efficacy.

Introduction: women and crime or gender and crime? -- Theory -- Criminology, victimology and feminism -- Criminology, victimology and masculinism -- Practice -- Fear, risk and security -- Gendering (sexual) violence(s) -- Policy -- Policing gender based violence : men's work and policing men -- Gender, law and criminal justice policy -- Conclusion: reflections on gender, crime and criminal justice