Mad or Bad? : Race, Class, Gender, and Mental Disorder in the Criminal Justice System.

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Thompson explores the process through which criminal responsibility is constructed and reproduced on the basis of race and gender. While feminist literature points to constructions of female offenders as "mad" and male offenders as "bad," this research do not support this perspec...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Thompson, Melissa
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: El Paso : LFB Scholarly Pub. LLC, 2010.
Colección:Criminal justice (LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC)
Temas:
Discrimination in criminal justice administration > United States.
Crime and race > United States.
Crime > Sex differences > United States.
Criminals > Mental health > United States.
Discrimination dans l'administration de la justice pénale > États-Unis.
Criminalité et race > États-Unis.
Criminels > Santé mentale > États-Unis.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Criminology.
Crime and race
Crime > Sex differences
Criminals > Mental health
Discrimination in criminal justice administration
United States
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The mental health and criminal justice systems as agents of social control
  • The study of race, class, gender, mental illness, and crime
  • Data sources and methodology
  • Institutional social control: causes and effects
  • Mental health treatment among sentenced offenders
  • Conclusion.

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