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Women and (In)Justice examines a broad range of issues by combining coverage of both civil and criminal justice system perspectives. The text covers historical and contemporary consequences of civil rights and criminal laws and how these affect decisions that impact the lives of women in the United States. Women and (In)Justice looks at a number of issues: the development of common law; legal rules about marriage, divorce, children, education, and work; theory about criminality and women criminals; women's prisons; violence against women; sexuality issues; and women lawyers, correctional officers, and police.Grana, Sheryl J. is the author of 'Women and (In)Justice: The Criminal and Civil Effects of the Common Law on Women's Lives', published 2001 under ISBN 9780205321636 and ISBN 0205321631.
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