1. Introduction: Investigating Difference—Sarah Prior and Lynn Jones
PART ONE: FRAMING DIFFERENCE
2. Conceptualizing Difference—Nancy A. Wonders
3. Conceptualizing Difference Through An Intersectional Lens—Sarah Prior and Lynn Jones
4. Talking Through Our Differences: Intercultural and Interpersonal Communication—Marianne Nielsen and Rebecca Maniglia
5. Making Difference Work Within The Justice System: Specialty Courts—Christine Arazan
PART TWO: CATEGORIES OF DIFFERENCE: GENDER AND SEXUALITY
6. Gender, Crime, and Justice—Nancy A. Wonders
7. Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, and Justice— Lynn Jones and Sarah Prior
8. Victimization In The Context Of Difference—Brooke De Heer and Lynn Jones
PART THREE: CATEGORIES OF DIFFERENCE: CLASS AND RACE
9. Social Class, Crime, and Justice—Raymond J. Michalowski
10. Whiteness and the Construction of Crime—Rebecca Maniglia
11. Stolen Lands, Stolen Lives, Revisited: Native Americans and Criminal Justice—Marianne O. Nielsen and Linda Robyn
12. The Continuing Significance Of Race: African Americans and The Criminal Justice System— Stephani Williams
13. Aliens Within: Asian Americans and U.S. Legal and Criminal Justice System—An Tuan Nguyen
PART FOUR: CATEGORIES OF DIFFERENCE: IMMIGRATION AND RACE
14. Coming To America: Immigration, Crime, and The Criminal Justice System—Michael Costelloe
15. Unwelcome Citizens: Latinos and The Criminal Justice System—Alexander Alvarez
16. Undocumented Immigration As Moral Panic: Casting Difference As Threat—Michael Costelloe
PART FIVE: CATEGORIES OF DIFFERENCE: FORGOTTEN DIFFERENCE
17. Youth, Crime, and Justice: Challenges and Contradictions—Rebecca Maniglia
18. Many Faces Of Aging: Victimization, Crime, and The Incarcerated Elderly—Carole Mandino and Sherry Bell
19. Imprisoning Disability: Difference, Punishment, and The Criminal Justice System—Katherine Mahosky, Meghan G. Mcdowell, and Karen Applequist
20. Religion, Politics, and Criminal Justice—Mohamed Mosaad Abdelaziz Mohamed
PART SIX: REFRAMING DIFFERENCE
21. Reconstructing Difference For Criminal Justice and Social Justice—Lynn Jones and Sarah PrIor
