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Women, Crime and the Criminal Justice System

  • LAWS5562
  • non-standard teaching period (see Timetable)
  • 6 points
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This unit examines the position of women in the criminal justice system in the following contexts—women as victims including victims of sexual assaults and domestic violence; women as a pressure group; women as participants in the process, particularly policing and corrections; and women as sentenced persons, particularly as prisoners. The unit highlights numerous contemporary concerns including women who kill and the imprisonment of mothers. -- Course Website



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