The article “Race, Gender & Class in Criminology” written by Cregg Barak is devoted to such human aspects as race, gender and class in the society. The author tried to show that these aspects can function not as separate parts but as one whole; he wanted to underline the interaction of these elements with the criminal justice. Barak highlighted the “independence” of class, race and gender and “dependence” of the crime as the separate element. The article under analysis shows how these elements can be the background for the crime structure opportunities and how they can form criminal behavior.
The article is aimed at the following audience:
- People, working in the sphere of criminology;
- Students studying the peculiarities of criminal justice or who are eager to work in this field in the future;
- People who are interested in law and order of the country.
The article is closely related to the topic. The author managed to illustrate that race, gander and class can be an integral part of criminal law. He described how these elements are treated in their relation to the criminology in terms of four main approaches to the study: ethnographic, quantitative, social and time and place studies.
The most important feature of the article is that the author managed to use contemporary data and surveys in order to show the connection with the criminology.
The author came to the conclusion that race, gender and class can really influence the criminal justice and the type of punishment. It concerns people of color and class, sex discrimination which is not so visible nowadays though it really exists.
To my way of thinking this data should be compulsory used in law institution for unskilled beginning specialists to understand urgency of the problem and use this knowledge in their future job.
References
Barak, Gregg. (2004). Race, Gender & Class in Criminology. New Orleans. Vol. 11, Issue 4, p. 81.