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A 6 page critical analysis of Joanne Belknap’s The Invisible Woman: Gender, Crime and Justice. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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of men. No matter the amount of equal rights that have been achieved for women in society the truth is that the nation is still one that sees men and
women differently and so they are often treated differently, either consciously or subconsciously, socially, culturally, and individually. One realm of society that is often overlooked in womens studies is that
involving criminal justice. In looking at the criminal justice system in the nation one can learn a great deal about the way women are seen and treated in society. In
Joanne Belknaps book The Invisible Woman: Gender, Crime and Justice the author sets out to illustrate many interesting, informative, and enlightening facts about society and women. The following paper provides
a critical analysis of the work. The Invisible Woman: Gender, Crime and Justice by Belknap One of the most interesting and also one of the first issues examined
by Belknap involves the essential arrival of gender in the world of crime. While women, have through history, been held as criminals in many ways, for prostitution, politics and other
reasons, in the society of America it seems that women have generally been seen as very different from men in terms of how and why they are convicted of a
crime. In so many ways they are simply victims and yet are incarcerated because of this. Belknap seems to argue that much of this can be related to how women,
and especially girls, are seen in society, in relationship to what is expected of them. As an example Belknap illustrates that girls are not allowed to be nearly as
aggressive or as assertive as boys. A girl who is seen as independent and assertive is often seen as less than female and will likely find herself in trouble. When
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