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Thompson, Melissa Ann.

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Expectations of madness: Race, gender, and mental health evaluations in the criminal justice system.

紀錄類型:	書目-電子資源 : Monograph/item
正題名/作者:	Expectations of madness: Race, gender, and mental health evaluations in the criminal justice system./
作者:	Thompson, Melissa Ann.
面頁冊數:	254 p.
附註:	Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 64-07, Section: A, page: 2654.
Contained By:	Dissertation Abstracts International64-07A.
標題:	Sociology, Criminology and Penology. -
電子資源:	http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=3098631

Expectations of madness: Race, gender, and mental health evaluations in the criminal justice system.
Thompson, Melissa Ann.

Expectations of madness: Race, gender, and mental health evaluations in the criminal justice system. - 254 p.

Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 64-07, Section: A, page: 2654.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Minnesota, 2003.

This dissertation analyzes the processes through which criminal responsibility is constructed and reproduced on the basis of race and gender. My research builds on existing feminist, labeling, and social control theories. In this project I raise questions about how expectations of the "normal" or typical criminal offender alter social reactions to felony defendants. While much of the feminist literature points to constructions of female offenders as "mad" and male offenders as "bad," overall my results do not support this perspective. Instead, I find strong and consistent evidence that African American defendants are less likely than all other defendants to receive psychiatric evaluations to determine mental status at the time of the offense. These results imply that criminal justice officials have different perceptions about the causes of crime for African American and non-African American defendants. Consequently, African American defendants may be portrayed as "normal" criminals who are held to a different level of responsibility than non-African Americans.Subjects--Topical Terms:

1017569
Sociology, Criminology and Penology.

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