The feminist war on crime : the unexpected role of women's liberation in mass incarceration /

The feminist war on crime : the unexpected role of women's liberation in mass incarceration / Aya Gruber.

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Publisher's description: Many feminists grapple with the problem of hyper-incarceration in the United States, and yet commentators on gender crime continue to assert that criminal law is not tough enough. This punitive impulse, prominent legal scholar Aya Gruber argues, is dangerous and counter...

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Main Author: Gruber, Aya (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2020]
Subjects:
Women > Crimes against > Law and legislation > United States.
Women prisoners > United States.
Feminist criminology > United States.
Criminal justice, Administration of > United States.
Criminal justice, Administration of.
Feminist criminology.
Women > Crimes against > Law and legislation.
Women prisoners.
Frau.
Gewalttätigkeit.
Kriminalpolitik.
Unterprivilegierung.
Verbrechensopfer.
United States.
USA.
Table of Contents:
  • The opening battle : fighting patriarchy with purity
  • The enemy : from "the man" to bad men
  • The battle plan : arrest is best
  • The weapon : ideal victims
  • The new front : date rape
  • From the sexual cold war to the new sex panic
  • Endless war?

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