• E4J University Module Series: Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice

• Module 9: Gender in the Criminal Justice System

• Introduction and learning outcomes

• Key issues

  • Key terms
  • Topic 1 - Gender-based discrimination and women in conflict with the law
  • Topic 2 - The vulnerabilities of girls in conflict with the law
  • Topic 3 - Discrimination and violence against individuals that identify as, or are perceived to be, LGBTI
  • Topic 4 - Gender diversity in the criminal justice workforce
  • Summary
  • References

• Exercises

• Case studies

• Possible class structure

• Core reading

• Advanced reading

• Student assessment

• Additional teaching tools

• Guidelines to develop a stand-alone course

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• First published in July 2019
  

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  This module is a resource for lecturers  

 

Key issues

 

The sections that follow explore four sub-topics related to gender in the criminal justice system and start with definitions of the key terms used in this Module:

• Key terms
• Topic one - Gender-based discrimination and women in conflict with the law
• Topic two - The vulnerabilities of girls in conflict with the law
• Topic three - Discrimination and violence against individuals that identify as, or are perceived to be, LGBTI
• Topic four - Gender diversity in the criminal justice workforce

 

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