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    All our trials : prisons, policing, and the feminist fight to end violence / by Thuma, Emily L.

    Published 2019
    Subjects: “…Women prisoners United States.…”
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    Prison pens : gender, memory, and imprisonment in the writings of Mollie Scollay and Wash Nelson, 1863-1866 /

    Published 2018
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    Louise Thompson Patterson : a life of struggle for justice / by Gilyard, Keith, 1952-

    Published 2017
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    Eleven more American women poets in the 21st century : poetics across North America /

    Published 2012
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    Women and the national experience : sources in women's history : combined volume /

    Published 2011
    Table of Contents: “…What It Means to Be Colored in the Capital of the United States (1906) /…”
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    Crimes against women /

    Published 2011
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    Women and the criminal justice system / by Van Wormer, Katherine S.

    Published 2011
    Table of Contents: “…9: Wife and partner abuse -- Historical overview -- Box 9-1: Domestic violence: a personal narrative -- Nature and scope of the problem -- Teen dating violence -- Dating violence statistics -- Box 9-2: Dating abuse: warning signs -- Lesbian and gay couples -- Domestic violence among ethnic minorities -- Domestic homicide -- Men who kill their wives/partners -- Women who kill their husbands/partners -- Murder-suicide -- Dynamics of intimate abuse -- Marital rape -- Theories of partner abuse -- Societal stress -- Psychological viewpoints -- Systems theory -- Feminist explanations and the antifeminist backlash -- Box 9-3: Tombstone project -- Substance abuse connection -- Children witnessing violence -- Criminal justice process -- Empowerment -- Crisis intervention -- Shelters for battered women -- Box 9-4: Snapshot-a social worker's daily reality at a domestic violence shelter -- Treatment for batterers and prevention -- Summary -- Key terms -- Critical thinking questions -- Web destinations -- References -- 10: Women's victimization: global perspectives -- Impact of globalization -- Women's rights are human rights -- Violations of women domestically -- Wife beating -- Honor killing -- Immigration and domestic violence -- Legacy of the Iraq war -- Community-level victimization: sexual assault and sex trafficking -- Sex trafficking -- Victimization of women at the state level -- Rape in war -- Women, war, and peace -- Treatment of immigrants in U S detention -- Global initiatives for rights and justice -- Restorative justice -- Summary -- Key terms -- Critical thinking questions -- Web destinations -- References -- Part 5: Women As Professionals -- 11: Women in law enforcement -- Box 11-1: Excitement about being a cop -- History of women in policing -- Box 11-2: Women in law enforcement -- Barriers to women in policing -- Comparison of male and female officers' job performance -- Gender and culture: women are not wanted-this is a man's job -- Box 11-3: Percentage of sworn women police officers, 2001 -- Community to community: changing roles for police officers -- Sexual harassment in the police culture -- African American women in policing -- Success in a difficult career path -- Legal protections -- United States Civil Rights Act -- Fair Employment Practices (FEP) -- Tort laws and criminal charges -- Statute 42 United States Code Section 1983 -- Courts and findings of sexual harassment -- Reasonable woman standard -- Issues of women working as police officers -- Summary -- Key terms -- Critical thinking questions -- References -- Web destinations -- 12: Women in the legal profession -- Box 12-1: Lawyer juggles motherhood, cases -- History of women in law -- Box 12-2: Giving a hand up: providing leadership for today's generation -- Law school socialization -- Patriarchal nature of the world of law -- Legal practice: struggles in a man's world -- Women on the bench -- Gender, race, class -- Gender and discrimination -- Sexual harassment -- Synergistic nature of race, class, gender, and sexual orientation -- Mass media images -- Television and film portrayals -- Strengths of women attorneys -- Significance of women's entrance into the law -- Summary -- Key terms -- Critical thinking questions -- Web destinations -- References --…”
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    Thinking about women : sociological perspectives on sex and gender / by Andersen, Margaret L.

    Published 2011
    Table of Contents: “…Women and religion -- Sociological perspectives on religion -- Religion and social control -- Religion and the emergence of feminism in the United States -- Women and religiosity -- Images of women in religion -- Religious texts as interpretive documents -- Gender and religious beliefs -- Women's status in religious institutions -- Gender and religious participation -- women as clergy -- Religion and social justice -- Race, religion, and civil rights -- Religion and antifeminism -- Feminism and the Religious Right in the United States -- The abortion debate: a conflict of worldviews -- Faith, feminism, and spirituality --…”
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    Treacherous texts : U.S. suffrage literature, 1846-1946 /

    Published 2011
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    Beyond slavery : overcoming its religious and sexual legacies /

    Published 2010
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    Female victims of crime : reality reconsidered /

    Published 2010
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    Our bodies, our crimes : the policing of women's reproduction in America / by Flavin, Jeanne, 1965-

    Published 2009
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    Forbidden Hollywood collection. Vol. 3

    Published 2009
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    Freeing Tammy : women, drugs, and incarceration / by Raphael, Jody

    Published 2007
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    Understanding gender, crime, and justice / by Morash, Merry, 1946-

    Published 2006
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    Romancing the vote : feminist activism in American fiction, 1870-1920 / by Petty, Leslie, 1970-

    Published 2006
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    Iron jawed angels by Hell, Reinhold, Klimek, Johnny, 1962-

    Published 2004
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    They fought like demons : women soldiers in the American Civil War / by Blanton, DeAnne, 1964-

    Published 2002
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    Behind the tall walls / by Aryanpour, Azar

    Published 1998
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