Women, law, and social control / Alida V. Merlo, Joycelyn M. Pollock.

Author/creator Merlo, Alida V.
Other author Pollock, Joycelyn M., 1956-
Format Book
Publication InfoBoston : Allyn and Bacon, ©1995.
Descriptionxii, 283 pages ; 23 cm
Subjects

Contents Gender, justice, and social control: a historical perspective / by Joycelyn M. Pollock -- Realities of women in policing: an organizational cultural perspective / by Donna C. Hale and C. Lee Bennett -- Sexual harassment among police officers: crisis and change in the normative structure / by Linda Gratch -- Women in the legal profession / by Joycelyn M. Pollock and Barbara Ramirez -- Women in corrections: custody and the "caring ethic" / by Joycelyn M. Pollock -- Female criminality in the 1990s / by Alida V. Merlo -- Controlling women's bodies / by Kate Bagley and Alida V. Merlo -- Women's prisons: equality with a vengeance / by Meda Chesney-Lind and Joycelyn M. Pollock -- Assaultive sex: the victim's perspective / by Mittie D. Southerland -- The battered woman syndrome as legal defense: status in the courtroom / by Donna C. Hale and Daniel J. Menniti -- Women as victims and perpetrators of murder / by Peter J. Benekos -- Charting a course for the future / by Alida V. Merlo.
General noteCover title: Women, law & social control.
General noteIncludes bibliographical references and indexes.
Other titleWomen, law & social control.
LCCN 94004260
ISBN0023805676 (pbk. : acid-free paper)
ISBN9780023805677 (pbk. : acid-free paper)