Including women in corrections texts

A Multi-Faceted Analysis of the African American Presence in Juvenile Delinquency Textbooks Published Between 1997 and 2000

“…Criminologists have examined the coverage of ethics (McSkimming, Sever & King, 2000), court cases (Wright, Sheridan & del Carmen, 1997), portrayals of women (Barro & Eigenberg, 1993;Donvorth & Henry, 1992;Mahan & Anthony, 1992;Wright, 1992), and the inclusion of recent developments in the discipline (Wright, 1994). Free (1999) notes, "the extent to which racial and ethnic issues are explored in criminology textbooks has not been systematically examined in the literature" (p. 430).…”

Ignoring the Past: Coverage of Slavery and Slave Patrols in Criminal Justice Texts

“…Mahan and Anthony (1992) conducted a content analysis to determine how issues of gender have been treated in texts. Other researchers have performed a content analysis of photographs to ascertain how women (Baro and Eigenberg 1993) and women and blacks are portrayed in texts (Dorworth and Henry 1992).…”

Where to Find Corrections Research: An Assessment of Research Published in Corrections Speciality Journals, 1990-1999

“…1 This is interesting considering that scholars have examined the content of other materials and media focused on both criminal justice practitioners and the public at large. These other examinations have looked at corrections textbooks (Horvath & Meesig, 1998;Mahan & Anthony, 1992;Welch, 1992;Wright & Miller, 1999), criminal justice and criminology textbooks (Dorworth & Henry, 1992;Wright, 1992Wright, , 1996, agency training materials (Sloan, King, & Sheppard, 1998), newspaper articles (Welch, Fenwick, & Roberts, 1997), television news (Dorfman, Woodruff, Chavez, & Wallack, 1997), and even true-crime novels (Durham, Elrod, & Kinkade, 1995) and reality-based television shows about the police (Oliver, 1994).…”