Colonial Discourse and Gender in U.S. Criminal Courts : Cultural Defenses and Prosecutions.

The occurrence in some criminal cases of ""cultural defenses"" on behalf of ""minority"" defendants has stirred much debate. This book is the first to illuminate how ""cultural evidence""--I.e., ""evidence"" regarding et...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Braunmühl, Caroline
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Hoboken : Taylor & Francis, 2012.
Colección:Routledge advances in criminology.
Temas:
Colonies > Law and legislation.
Minorities > Legal status, laws, etc. > United States.
Sex discrimination in criminal justice administration > United States.
United States > Politics and government.
Discrimination sexuelle dans l'administration de la justice pénale > États-Unis.
Colonies > Law and legislation
Minorities > Legal status, laws, etc.
Politics and government
Sex discrimination in criminal justice administration
États-Unis > Politique et gouvernement.
United States
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:The occurrence in some criminal cases of ""cultural defenses"" on behalf of ""minority"" defendants has stirred much debate. This book is the first to illuminate how ""cultural evidence""--I.e., ""evidence"" regarding ethnicity - is actually negotiated by attorneys, expert/lay witnesses, and defendants in criminal trials. Caroline Braunmühl demonstrates that this has occurred, overwhelmingly, in ways shaped by colonialist and patriarchal discourses common in the Western world. She argues that the controversy regarding the legitimacy of a ""cultural defense"" has tended to obscure this fact.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (295 pages).
ISBN:9780203123751
0203123751

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