BOOK REVIEWS

FEMALE GANGS IN AMERICA: ESSAYS ON GIRLS, GANGS AND GENDER, edited by Meda Chesney-Lind and John M. Hage-dorn. Chicago: Lakeview Press, 1999. Reviewed by Joanne Belknap.

CRACK MOTHERS: PREGNANCY, DRUGS, AND THE MEDIA, by Drew Humphries. Columbus, Ohio: Ohio State University Press, 1999. Reviewed by Inger Sagatun-Edwards.

MOTHERS AND ILLICIT DRUGS: TRANSCENDING THE MYTHS, by Susan C. Boyd. Toronto, Canada: University of Toronto Press, 1999. Reviewed by Sandra Marker.

UNDERSTANDING DOMESTIC HOMICIDE, by Neil Websdale. Boston: Northeastern University Press, 1999. Reviewed by Victoria E. Brewer.

INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL JUSTICE: ISSUES IN A GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE, edited by Delbert Rounds. Needham Heights, MA: Allyn and Bacon, 1999, pp. 306. Reviewed by Robert J. Mc Cormack.

WOMEN, CRIME AND THE CANADIAN CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM, by Walter S. DeKeseredy. Cincinnati, OH: Anderson Publishing, 2000. Reviewed by MaDonna Maidment.     

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TWELVE WOMEN DETECTIVE STORIES, edited by Laura Marcus. New York: Oxford University Press, 1997. Reviewed by Frankie Y. Bailey.

MURDER MOST RARE: THE FEMALE SERIAL KILLER, by Michael D. Kelleher and C. L. Kelleher. Westport, CT: Praeger, 1998. Reviewed by Frankie Y. Bailey.     

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COUNSELING WOMEN IN PRISON, by Joycelyn M. Pollock. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, 1998. Reviewed by Dorothy S. McClellan

FEMALE OFFENDERS: CRITICAL PERSPECTIVES AND EFFECTIVE INTERVENTIONS, by Ruth T. Zaplin, Editor. Gaithersburg, MD: Aspen Publishers, Inc., 1998. Reviewed by Dorothy S. McClellan     

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MY BLOODY LIFE: THE MAKING OF A LATIN KING. Sanchez, Reymundo. Chicago, IL: Chicago Review Press, 2000. Reviewed by Zelma Henriques     

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LATINO HOMICIDE: IMMIGRATION, VIOLENCEAND COMMUNITY. Martinez, Jr., Ramiro. New York: Routledge, 2002, 204 pp., 9 chapters, ISBN: 0-415-93403-6. Reviewed by Ed Mu1ńoz

A LAW FOR THE LION: A TALE OF CRIME AND INJUSTICE IN THE BORDERLANDS. de la Garza, Beatriz. Austin: University of Texas Press, 2003, 142 pp., 5 chapters, ISBN: 0-292-70189-6. Reviewed by Ed Muńoz

UNDERSTANDING LATINO DELINQUENCY. Perez McCluskey, Cynthia. New York: LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC, 2002. Reviewed by Ed Muńoz     

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A Handbook for Cultural Trustees: A Guide to the Role, Responsibilities and Functions of Boards of Trustees of Cultural Organizations in Canada , Marion Paquet, with Rory Ralston and Donna Cardinal. Waterloo, Ont.: University of Waterloo Press, 1987. 75 pages, $22.95. Reviewed by Brann J. Wry.

Bureaucratizing the Muse: Public Funds and the Culture Worker , Steven C. Dubin. Chicago and London: The University of Chicago Press, 1987. 226 pages, index. Reviewed by George C. Koch and Joan Jeffri.     

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VIOLENT CRIME: ASSESSING RACE AND ETHNIC DIFFERENCES. Hawkins, Darnell F. (ed.). Cambridge University Press, 2003, 432 pp., 17 chapters, ISBN: 0-521-62297-2. Reviewed By Shaun L. Gabbidon.

POLICING AND MINORITY COMMUNITIES: BRIDGING THE GAP. Jones-Brown, Delores D., and Karen J. Terry (Eds.). Pearson/Prentice Hall, 2004, 209 pp., ISBN: 0-13-027017-2. Reviewed By Shawn Riva Donaldson.     

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MOTHERING FROM THE INSIDE: PARENTING IN A WOMEN'S PRISON, by Sandra Enos. Albany: State University of New York Press, 2001 (176 pages). Reviewed by Joycelyn Pollock.

MAKING IT IN THE FREE WORLD: WOMEN IN TRANSITION FROM PRISON, by Patricia O'Brien. Albany: State University of New York Press 2001 (201 pages). Reviewed by Joycelyn Pollock.     

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VIRGIN OR VAMP: HOW THE PRESS COVERS SEX CRIMES, by Helen Benedict. New York: Oxford University Press, 1992. Reviewed by Frankie Y. Bailey.

USING MURDER: THE SOCIAL CONSTRUCTION OF SERIAL HOMICIDE, by Philip Jenkins. New York: Aldine De Gruyter, 1994. Reviewed by Neil Websdale.

BEATING THE DEVIL OUT OF THEM: CORPORAL PUNISHMENT IN AMERICAN FAMILIES, by Muiray A. Straus with Denise A. Donnelly. New York, NY: Lexington Books, 1994. Reviewed by Lee E. Ross.     

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EMOTIONAL TRIALS: THE MORAL DILEMMAS OF WOMEN CRIMINAL DEFENSE ATTORNEYS, by Cynthia Siemsen. Boston, Massachusetts: Northeastern University Press, 2004. Reviewed by Stephanie A. Jirard.     

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A RAINBOW OF GANGS: STREET CULTURE IN THE MEGA-CITY. James Diego Vigil. University of Texas Press, 2002, 213 pp., 11 chapters, ISBN: 0-292-78748-0. Reviewed by Shaun L. Gabbidon.     

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BLACK JUSTICE? RACE, CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND IDENTITY. Britton, Nadia Joanne. Straffordshire, UK: Trentham Books, 2000,112 pp. Reviewed by Dr. Dorothy Taylor.     

Rethinking the war against hate crimes: A New York city perspective

Francis Allen, The Borderland of Criminal Justice: Essays in Law and Criminology Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1964

Francis Allen, The Crimes of Politics: Political Dimensions of Criminal Justice Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1974

Francis Allen, Law, Intellect, and Education Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 1979

Francis Allen, The Decline of the Rehabilitative Ideal: Penal Policy and Social Purpose New Haven: Yale University Press, 1981     

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WOMEN, MALE VIOLENCE & THE LAW, edited by Julie Stubbs. Sydney. Australia: Institute of Criminology, Sydney University Law School, 1994. Reviewed by Nicole Hahn Rafter.

WOMEN PRISONERS: A FORGOTTEN POPULATION, edited by Beverly R. Fletcher, Lynda Dixon Shaver, and Dreama G. Moon. Westport, Connecticut: Praeger, 1993. Reviewed by Leanne Fiftal Alarid.     

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RACE, CLASS, GENDER AND JUSTICE IN THE UNITED STATES. Reasons, Charles E., Darlene J. Conley, and Julius Debro (Eds.). Allyn and Bacon Publishers, 297pp., ISBN: 0-205-27884-5. Reviewed by Gloria J. Browne-Marshall.     

Book Review

Books reviewed in this article:
SHAMANS, SOFTWARE, AND SPLEENS: LAW AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE INFORMATION SOCIETY by MICHAEL BOYLE (Harvard University Press, 1996); 270 pp. Reviewed by R OBERT P RENTICE , University Distinguished Teaching Professor and Ed & Molly Smith Centennial Professor of Business Law, University of Texas at Austin, and S HARON D UNN , Ph.D.     

Review essay / mental illness and criminal justice

Norval Morris, Madness and the Criminal Law Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1982, 235 pp.     

Review essay / The precinct confessional

Peter Brooks, Troubling Confessions: Speaking Guilt in Law and Literature Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 2000, x + 207 pp.     

Pursuing justice in a free society: Part one—power vs. liberty

John Kaplan, The Hardest Drug: Heroin and Public Policy Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1983, xi + 247 pp.     

Overstepping police authority

Bernard Harcourt, Language of the Gun: Youth, Crime, and Public Policy Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2006, xiii + 278 pp.