Gender, Crime, and Justice

Erin Katherine Krafft is assistant professor in the Department of Crime and Justice Studies as well as director of the Urban Studies Program at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth. Jo-Ann Della Giustina is professor of criminal justice at Bridgewater State University, where she has won several teaching awards.Susan T. Krumholz is professor emerita of crime and justice studies at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth. She contributed to the book Crime and Justice: Learning through Cases, second edition.

• Chapter One: Gender and the Law Case Study: Myra Bradwell Context and AnalysisChapter Two: Crime TheoryCase Study: The Central Park FiveContext and AnalysisChapter Three: Intimate Partner ViolenceCase Study: Hedda Nussbaum Context and AnalysisChapter Four: Sexual AssaultCase Study: The Steubenville Football TeamContext and AnalysisChapter Five: Gendered Hate CrimeCase Study: Elliot RodgerContext and AnalysisChapter Six: At Risk: Youth, Race, and GenderCase Study: Tamir RiceContext and AnalysisChapter Seven: Traditional Street Crime: Non-ViolentCase Study: Alva Mae Groves and Dorothy Gaines Context and AnalysisChapter Eight: Traditional Street Crime: ViolentCase Study: Stanley Tookie Williams Context and AnalysisChapter Nine: Sex Work and TraffickingCase Study: Rachel Lloyd and GEMS Context and AnalysisChapter Ten: Crimes of Power: State and CorporateCase Study: StonewallContext and AnalysisChapter Eleven: “Damned if you do, damned if you don’t”: Pregnancy, birthing and rearing Case Study: Regina McKnightContext and AnalysisChapter Twelve: Incarceration as a Reproduction of MasculinityCase Study: Kalief BrowderContext and AnalysisChapter Thirteen: Unique Populations in PrisonCase Study: CeCe McDonaldContext and AnalysisChapter Fourteen: Trending Issues and Future DirectionsCase Study: Marissa AlexanderContext and Analysis

This book is an innovative pedagogical tool that will definitely enhance students' knowledge of the ways in which gender shapes criminal justice responses to crime and how the justice system shapes people's understandings of gender. There is no other book like it and the authors should be commended for writing this much-needed text.