Cognella Academic Publishing Gender, Crime, and Justice: Critical and Feminist Perspectives

About the Author Rosalva Resendiz earned her Ph.D. in sociology from Texas Woman's University. She is an associate professor in the Department of Criminal Justice at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley. Dr. Resendiz's work engages critical Chicana feminism with a focus on intersectionality and identity politics, considering colonialism, decolonialism, and postcolonialism. Lucas Espinoza earned his Ph.D. in sociology from Texas Woman's University. He is an assistant professor in the Department of Criminal Justice at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley. His professional expertise includes culture and identity, Latin@ disparities, social justice rights and issues, gender and women's studies, Mexican-American studies, and social science methodology/statistics. Product Description Gender, Crime, and Justice: Critical and Feminist Perspectives provides feminist and critical perspectives on crime, justice, and human rights. The readings survey gender socialization as it pertains to criminality. They examine inequality within the patriarchal system with the primary focus on the subjugation and oppression of the gendered body.The anthology introduces students to concepts associated with gender, ranging from equality to violence, by engaging them in in-depth examinations of crimes of sex and the discourse on sexual autonomy. The reader also examines the socialization of boys and girls, as well as explores various ways gender affects women and men in a society that values heteronormative masculinity. Furthermore, it takes a conceptual approach by addressing topics such as a gendered view of violence, prostitution as a gendered crime, and traditional gender attitudes towards violence against women.The second edition features new readings on sexual health and reproductive rights; human trafficking as a nexus of exploitation; violence in LGBTQ families; and the interplay of masculinity, crime, and criminal justice.Gender, Crime, and Justice is well suited to classes in gender, women's studies, criminal justice, and sociology.