• 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  

 

Core reading

 

This section provides a list of open access core readings that students should complete before taking a class based on this Module. The next section recommends advanced readings for students interested in exploring the topic in more detail, and for lecturers teaching the Module.

• Covington, Stephanie S. and Bloom, Barbara E (2003). Gendered Justice: Women in the Criminal Justice System. In B. Bloom, ed. Gendered Justice: Addressing Female Offenders. Durham N.C.: Carolina Academic Press.
• Miles-Johnson, Toby (2013). LGBTI Variations in Crime Reporting: How Sexual Identity Influences Decisions to Call the Cops. SAGE Open, vol. 3(2).
• Miles-Johnson, Toby (2015). Policing Transgender People: Discretionary Police Power and the Ineffectual Aspirations of One Australian Police Initiative. SAGE Open, vol. 5(2).
• Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) (2016). Living Free and Equal: What States are Doing to Tackle Violence and Discrimination Against Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Intersex People . Geneva: OHCHR, Chapters 1 and 2.
• The Geneva Centre for the Democratic Control of Armed Forces (DCAF) (2015). Gender Equality and Security Sector Reform . Geneva: DCAF.
• United Nations Human Rights Council (2015). Discrimination and violence against individuals based on their sexual orientation and gender identity - Report of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights. New York: UN. 
• United Nations (2006). Secretary-General's In-depth Study on All Forms of Violence against Women , A/61/122/Add.1. New York: UN, paragraphs 65-91.
• United Nations Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Violence Against Children (SRSG on VAC) (2015). Safeguarding the rights of girls in the criminal justice system . New York: Office of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Violence Against Children, p. 9-12.
• Van den Bergh, Brenda, Gatherer, Alex, Fraser, Andrew and Moller, Lars (2011). Imprisonment and women's health: concerns about gender sensitivity, human rights and public health. Bulletin of the World Health Organization, vol. 89, No. 9, 689-694.
• Veldman, Jenny, Meeussen, Loes, Van Laar, Colette and Phalet, Karen (2017). ' Women (Do Not) Belong Here: Gender-Work Identity Conflict among Female Police Officers. Front. Psychol, vol. 8, 130.

 

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