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Tables of Contents for Women, Crime and the Canadian Criminal Justice System
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Foreword
iii
Preface
vii
Crimes Committed by Canadian Women
1
36
Introduction
1
3
The Nature and Extent of Crimes Committed by Canadian Women
4
27
Murder
4
9
Assault
13
4
Robbery
17
2
Drugs
19
2
Prostitution
21
5
Property Crimes
26
3
White-Collar, Corporate, and Organized Crime
29
2
Summary
31
1
Notes
32
1
Discussion Questions
33
1
Problem-Solving Scenarios
33
1
Suggested Readings
34
3
Crimes Committed by Canadian Girls
37
28
Introduction
37
4
The Nature and Extent of Crimes Committed by Canadian Girls
41
18
Murder
42
3
Assault
45
4
Robbery
49
1
Drugs
49
2
Prostitution
51
2
Street Youth Gangs
53
5
Property Crimes
58
1
Summary
59
2
Notes
61
1
Discussion Questions
61
1
Problem-Solving Scenarios
62
1
Suggested Readings
62
3
Theories of Female Crime
65
34
Introduction
65
1
What is a Theory?
66
5
Early Theories
71
3
Lombroso and the Born Criminal
71
2
Pollack and the Masked Nature of Female Crime
73
1
Understanding Female Crime: The Contribution of Sociological Thought
74
21
The Sociological Imagination
75
1
Cohen's Theory of Delinquent Boys
76
3
Hirschi's Social Bond Theory
79
1
Women's Liberation/Emancipation Theories
80
4
Power-Control Theory
84
1
Feminist Theories
85
4
Structured Action Theory
89
2
Poverty, Unemployment, Family Violence, and Female Crime
91
1
Messerschmidt's Socialist Feminist Perspective on Social Control
92
1
Evaluation of Feminist Theories
93
2
Summary
95
1
Notes
96
1
Discussion Questions
96
1
Problem-Solving Scenarios
96
1
Suggested Readings
97
2
The Canadian Criminal Justice System's Response to Women and Girls in Conflict with the Law
99
28
Introduction
99
5
Women and Girls Processed Through Canadian Courts
104
5
Women Processed Through the Courts
104
3
Girls Processed Through the Youth Court System
107
2
Sentencing
109
14
The Sentencing of Women
109
3
The Sentencing of Girls
112
4
The Pitfalls of Incarceration in Correctional Facilities
116
3
An Expensive and Ineffective Means of Preventing Crime
119
1
Failure to Address the Broader Cultural, Social, and Economic Forces that Influence Women and Girls to Commit Crime
120
2
Important Considerations
122
1
Summary
123
1
Notes
124
1
Discussion Questions
124
1
Problem-Solving Scenarios
124
1
Suggested Readings
125
2
Rethinking the Control and Prevention of Female Crime in Canada
127
22
Introduction
127
2
New Directions in Crime Control and Prevention
129
16
Reducing Family Violence
130
3
Preventing Woman Abuse in Dating
133
4
Reducing Poverty and Unemployment
137
4
Community-Building as Crime Control
141
1
Eliminating Gender Inequality
142
3
Summary
145
1
Notes
146
1
Discussion Questions
146
1
Problem-Solving Scenarios
147
1
Suggested Readings
147
2
References
149
18
Name Index
167
4
Subject Index
171
10
About the Author
181