Summary
The papers collected in this volume use a feminist perspective to analyse the adverse effects on women of the American crackdown on crime. It discusses how cuts from social services to pay for crime control can disproportionately affect women; how women incur increased responsibility for family while men serve longer sentences; and how government often victimizes women as third parties when women are associated with criminals.
Contents
1. Three strikes and it's women who are out: the hidden consequences for women of criminal justice policy reforms / Mona J.E. Danner. -- 2. Civil forfeiture of property: the victimization of women as innocent owners and third parties / James Massey, Susan L. Miller & Anna Wilhelmi. -- 3. A critical look at the idea of boot camp as a correctional reform / Merry Morash & Lila Rucker. -- 4. Warnings to women: police advice and women's safety in Britain / Elizabeth A. Stanko. -- 5. Gender, class, and race in three high-profile crimes: the cases of New Bedford, Central Park, and Bensonhurst / Lynn S. Chancer. -- 6. The tangled web of feminism and community policing / Susan L. Miller. -- 7. The War on Drugs as a war against black women / Stephanie R. Bush-Baskette. -- 8. Parenting through prison walls: incarcerated mothers and children's visitation programs / Zoann K. Snyder-Joy & Teresa A. Carlo. -- 9. Masculinities, violence, and communitarian control / John Braithwaite & Kathleen Daly. -- 10. Connecting the dots: women, public policy, and social control / Claire M. Renzetti.