Feminist Women In Criminal Justice

Women in the criminal justice have been treated unfair. They have become social parasites in America. There are factors that lead to the rise of women being treated unjust, this portion of this research paper will examine these factors. According to the Sentencing Project (2007), the last two decades with how women are treated in the justice system has changed. As a result, drug sentencing laws, increased police officers in troubled communities has an effect on post-conviction, and reentry. Thus, this drastic change has led more than one million women behind bars in America. About twenty-percent of these incarcerated women are confined in federal and state prisons. This is an arising issue because women now make up for 7% of the population
This right was granted in 1957. Moreover, women were still deprived of many rights. When the prison system came to be, men were not the only ones that faced hardship. Women were violated sexually, their cells were overcrowded, and were beaten by the guards. Feminist Criminology which is a movement led by women has brought adverse attention to the rights and harsh treatment of women in America. They have advocate that women should speak about their experiences and challenges that they face in society and behind bars. This feminist movement has stated that societal factors are a major issue on how and why women are treated differently in society (Wormer & Bartollas, 2011). The notion that this is a man’s world, this is how the government rules in America and excluding the women
Women are not only incarcerated and treated harsh in our justice system, they are mothers, daughters, and human beings who are not represented equally in the justice system. Many women who are released from prison are mothers. According to Perry (2016), the understanding of parenting can be difficult for women because they have to find housing, a job, reentering into society, and struggling to remain independent without the use of drugs. It is even a challenge for women who come from low socio-economic backgrounds. Some believe as stated in Perry (2016), women are sentenced longer in prison because of their objection to live out social traditional roles. The roles that women are supposed to live are marriage and childbearing (Perry,