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How Latina girls and women become entangled in the criminal justice
system Despite representing roughly 16 percent of incarcerated
women, Latina women and girls are often rendered invisible in
accounts of American crime and punishment. In Latinas in the
Criminal Justice System, Vera Lopez and Lisa Pasko bring together a
group of distinguished scholars to provide a more complete, nuanced
picture of Latinas as victims, offenders, and targets of
deportation. Featuring Cecilia Menjivar, Lisa M. Martinez, Alice
Cepeda, and others, this volume examines the complex histories,
backgrounds, and struggles of Latinas in the criminal justice
system. Contributors show us how Latinas encounter a variety of
justice systems, including juvenile detention, adult court and
corrections, and immigration and customs enforcement. Topics
include Latina victims of crime and their perceptions of police
officers; the impact of the US "crimmigration" system on
undocumented Latina women; and help-seeking among Latina victims of
intimate partner violence. Additionally, key chapters highlight the
emergence of legal reforms, community mobilization efforts, and
gender-sensitive alternatives to incarceration designed to increase
equitable outcomes. Lopez and Pasko broaden our understanding of
how gender, ethnicity, and legal status uniquely shape the
experiences of system-impacted Latina girls and women. Latinas in
the Criminal Justice System is a timely and much-needed resource
for academics, activists, and policymakers.
There has been an increase in women entrepreneurs participating in
the growth of local, regional, national, and global economies.
While these women showcase crucial skills for strategic leadership
and strategy that can advance companies, they face cultural,
educational, social, and political barriers that impede their
development and participation within the global economy. Women
Entrepreneurs and Strategic Decision Making in the Global Economy
is a pivotal reference source that provides vital research on
understanding the value of women entrepreneurs and the strategies
they can use on the economy and examines gender impact on strategic
management and entrepreneurship. While highlighting topics such as
emotional intelligence, global economy, and strategic leadership,
this book is ideally designed for managers, entrepreneurs,
policymakers, academicians, and students.
Now in its fourth edition, this highly acclaimed sourcebook
examines the public and private lives and legal status of Greek and
Roman women. The texts represent women of all social classes, from
public figures remembered for their deeds (or misdeeds), to
priestesses, poets, and intellectuals, to working women, such as
musicians, wet nurses, and prostitutes, to homemakers. The editors
have selected texts from hard-to-find sources, such as
inscriptions, papyri, and medical treatises, many of which have not
previously been translated into English. The resulting compilation
is both an invaluable aid to research and a clear guide through
this complex subject. Building on the third edition's appendix of
updates, the fourth adds many new and unusual texts and images, as
well as such student-friendly features as a map and chapter
overviews. Many notes and explanations have been revised with the
non-classicist in mind.
Women, fashion, consumption, luxury, and education are the main
subjects of our researchers. The contributors of this volume
accompanied women and objects in their travels across Modern Europe
and offered thorough and diverse analyses connecting the
circulation of people with the circulation of ideas. Making use of
archive materials, visual sources and museum collections, the
authors point out the richness of the region and the role of women
in promoting new ideas of modernity. This will help the public to
better know and understand the importance of women's sociability in
building new nations and constructing new identities in
South-Eastern Europe and beyond.
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Won by Love
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Norma McCorvey; As told to Gary Thomas
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In this autobiography by Norma McCorvey, the "Jane Roe of Roe v.
Wade," you have the opportunity to read the behind-the-scenes
report of one of this century's most surprising and public
confessions of faith.
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