The Incarceration of Women

Punishing Bodies, Breaking Spirits
2014. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-0-230-57668-1
Verlag: Palgrave MacMillan UK

Buch, Englisch, 256 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 218 mm, Gewicht: 4434 g

Reihe: Palgrave Studies in Prisons and Penology

This unique book provides a rare insight into the debilitating impact of regimes that fail to respond to the complex and gender specific needs of women behind bars. Exploring the marginalization, mental health and experiences of women in prison, it specifically focuses on the legacy of women's imprisonment in Northern Ireland.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Moore, L.

Scraton, P.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Theorie, Politische Philosophie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gender Studies, Geschlechtersoziologie
• Rechtswissenschaften Strafrecht Kriminologie, Strafverfolgung

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword 1. Histories of female incarceration 2. Agency, Violence and Regulation in the Incarceration of Women 3. Researching Prison: Women's Voices 4. Women's imprisonment, conflict and transition 5. Inside a Deteriorating Regime 6. Self Harm and Suicide 7. Tale of Two Inquests 8. Hydebank Wood: The Prison Within 9. Women in Prison, the Pain of Confinement and Decarceration

Über Autor(innen)

Linda Moore is Senior Lecturer in Criminology in the School of Criminology, Politics and Social Policy at the University of Ulster, UK.

Phil Scraton is Professor of Criminology and Director of the Childhood, Transition and Social Justice Initiative at Queen's University, Belfast, UK. His recent books include Power, Conflict and Criminalisation, Hillsborough: The Truth and The Violence of Incarceration.