Gender, Psychology, and Justice : : The Mental Health of Women and Girls in the Legal System /

Gender, Psychology, and Justice : : The Mental Health of Women and Girls in the Legal System / / ed. by Corinne C. Datchi, Julie R. Ancis.

Reveals how gender intersects with race, class, and sexual orientation in ways that impact the legal status and well-being of women and girls in the justice system. Women and girls’ contact with the justice system is often influenced by gender-related assumptions and stereotypes. The justice practic...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter New York University Press Complete eBook-Package 2017
MitwirkendeR:
Adams, Tyonna,
Ancis, Julie R.,
Bahrman, Jennifer,
Brewster, Kendra R.,
Bryant-Davis, Thema,
Canfield, Aisha,
Conte, Carlye B.,
Cumiskey, Kathleen M.,
Datchi, Corinne C.,
Gray, Anthea,
Green, Amy E.,
Irvine, Angela,
Justice, Sans,
Kellett, Nicole C.,
Lilliott, Elizabeth A.,
Nadal, Kevin L.,
O’Leary, Anna Ochoa,
Roa, Jessica,
Rojas, Erica G.,
Schwartz, Jonathan,
Scott-McLaughlin, Randolph M.,
Smith, Laura,
Trott, Elise M.,
Walker, Lenore E. A.,
Willging, Cathleen E.,
HerausgeberIn:
Ancis, Julie R.,
Datchi, Corinne C.,
Place / Publishing House:New York, NY : : New York University Press, , [2017]
©2017
Year of Publication:2017
Language:English
Series:Psychoanalytic Crossroads ; 6
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Physical Description:1 online resource
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • Part I. Women and Girls in Various Justice Settings
  • 1. Women and Family Court
  • 2. Women, Domestic Violence, and the Criminal Justice System
  • 3. Women, Sex Trafficking, and the Justice System
  • 4. Women and Adult Drug Treatment Courts
  • 5. Women, Incarceration, and Reentry
  • 6. Girls in Juvenile Detention Facilities
  • Part II. Specific Populations of Justice- Involved Women and Girls
  • 7. Transwomen in the Criminal Justice System
  • 8. Lesbian, Bisexual, Questioning, Gender- Nonconforming, and Transgender (LBQ/GNCT) Girls in the Juvenile Justice System
  • 9. Women, Poverty, and the Criminal Justice System
  • 10. Undocumented Mexican Women in the U.S. Justice System
  • 11. Women and the Criminal Justice System
  • Conclusion: Psychology, and Justice
  • About the Contributors
  • Index

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