Investigating Difference Human and Cultural Relations in Criminal Justice

by CJ Collective; Jones, Lynn

• ISBN13: 9780205610211
• ISBN10: 0205610218
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-08-11
• Publisher: Pearson

Summary

"Investigating Difference: Human and Cultural Relations in Criminal Justice tackles the tough questions that lie at the intersections of criminal justice and difference. In contrast to typical treatises on diversity, Investigating Difference goes well beyond superficial discussions of race and gender. Reflecting a deep understanding of privilege, this text considers the now familiar categories of difference while reframing the dialogue in terms more innovative, more provocative, more integrative, and ultimately, more productive."--BOOK JACKET.

Table of Contents

Conceptualizing Difference

Introduction: Investigating Difference

Conceptualizing Difference

Privilege and the Construction of Crime

Talking Through Our Differences: Investigating Difference: Human and Cultural Relations in Criminal Justice

Categories of Difference

Class Difference and the Social Construction of Crime and Criminality

Stolen lands, Stolen Lives: Native Americans and Criminal Justice

Exclusion, Inclusion and Violence: Immigrants and Criminal Justice

The Significance of Race: African Americans and Criminal Justice

Unwelcome Citizens: Latinos and the Criminal Justice System

Perpetual Outsiders: Criminal Justice and the Asian American Experience

Women's difference in the Criminal Justice System: Constructions of Victims, Offenders and Workers

Gay Men, Lesbians and Criminal Justice

Old Enough and Knowing Better: Aging and Criminal Justice

Youth Crime and Justice in a Changing Society

The Invisible Minority: Individuals with Disability

In Whose God We Trust? Religious Differences, Persecution, and Criminal Justice

How Does Difference Matter?

Moral Panics and Immigration

Fairness in the Courts: Investigating and Addressing Race, Ethic and Gender Bias

Wrongful Conviction

Reframing Difference

Educating for Change: Cultural Awareness Training for Criminal Justice

Irreconcilable Differences? Understanding the Crime Victim/Criminal Justice Worker Relationship

Conclusion

Reinvestigating Difference

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