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Melissa Thompson

Bloomsbury UK

Motherland

Cookbooks, Food & Wine

Regional & International

<p>Thompson analyzes the process through which criminal responsibility is constructed and reproduced on the basis of race and gender. While feminist literature points to constructions of female offenders as “mad” and male offenders as “bad,” overall the results of this research do not support this perspective. Instead, major findings include strong and consistent evidence that African American defendants are less likely to receive psychiatric evaluations to determine mental status at the time of the offense. This implies that criminal justice officials have racial perceptions about the causes of crime; consequently, African American defendants may be portrayed as “normal” criminals who are held to a different level of responsibility than non-African Americans.</p>

Race, Gender, and Mental Illness in the Criminal Justice System (Criminal Justice: Recent Scholarship)

Politics & Social Sciences

Social Sciences

LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC

Thompson explores the process through which criminal responsibility is constructed and reproduced on the basis of race and gender. While feminist literature points to constructions of female offenders as mad and male offenders as bad, this research do not support this perspective. Instead, major findings include strong and consistent evidence that African American defendants are less likely to receive psychiatric evaluations to determine mental status at the time of the offense. This implies that criminal justice officials have racial perceptions about the causes of crime; consequently, African American defendants may be portrayed as normal criminals who are held to a different level of responsibility than non-African Americans. Each chapter concludes with review and research questions to facilitate class use.

Mad or Bad? Race, Class, Gender, and Mental Disorder in the Criminal Justice System (Criminal Jusctice: Recent Scholarship)

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