Interrupted Life

2010 Social Science

Author : Rickie Solinger
Release : 2010
Genre : Social Science
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 497/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Interrupted Life written by Rickie Solinger. This book was released on 2010. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Striking, original, and stimulating. Even readers with extensive familiarity of the literature regarding women in prison will learn something new."--Mona Danner, PhD Professor of Sociology and Criminal Justice

Resistance Behind Bars

2012-10-05 Social Science

Author : Victoria Law
Release : 2012-10-05
Genre : Social Science
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 884/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Resistance Behind Bars written by Victoria Law. This book was released on 2012-10-05. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1974, women imprisoned at New York’s maximum-security prison at Bedford Hills staged what is known as the August Rebellion. Protesting the brutal beating of a fellow prisoner, the women fought off guards, holding seven of them hostage, and took over sections of the prison. While many have heard of the 1971 Attica prison uprising, the August Rebellion remains relatively unknown even in activist circles. Resistance Behind Bars is determined to challenge and change such oversights. As it examines daily struggles against appalling prison conditions and injustices, Resistance documents both collective organizing and individual resistance among women incarcerated in the U.S. Emphasizing women’s agency in resisting the conditions of their confinement through forming peer education groups, clandestinely arranging ways for children to visit mothers in distant prisons and raising public awareness about their lives, Resistance seeks to spark further discussion and research into the lives of incarcerated women and galvanize much-needed outside support for their struggles. This updated and revised edition of the 2009 PASS Award winning book includes a new chapter about transgender, transsexual, intersex, and gender-variant people in prison.

Lives of Incarcerated Women

2015-07-24 Social Science

Author : Candace Kruttschnitt
Release : 2015-07-24
Genre : Social Science
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 433/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Lives of Incarcerated Women written by Candace Kruttschnitt. This book was released on 2015-07-24. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawing on qualitative and quantitative research from around the world, this book brings together renowned international scholars to explore life-course perspectives on women’s imprisonment. Instead of covering only one aspect of women’s carceral experiences, this book offers a broader perspective that encompasses women’s pathways to prison, their prison experiences and the effects of these experiences on their children’s well-being, as well as their subsequent chances of desisting from crime. Encompassing perspectives from the Netherlands, Belgium, Denmark, Scotland, the United States, Ukraine and Sri Lanka, this book uncovers the similarities across time and space in women offenders’ life histories and those of their children and examines the differences in women’s experiences and trajectories by shedding light on the moderating effects of particular cultural contexts. Lives of Incarcerated Women will be of interest to academics and students engaged in the study of punishment, penology, life-course criminology, women and crime and gender studies. It will also be of great interest to practitioners.

Women and Prison

2020-06-22 Social Science

Author : Jada Hector
Release : 2020-06-22
Genre : Social Science
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Book Rating : 726/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Women and Prison written by Jada Hector. This book was released on 2020-06-22. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This edited volume presents research about life in prison for women, discussing both incarcerated women and those working in prisons. It addresses women’s paths through the criminal justice system from sentencing through post-incarceration and reintegration into society, highlighting the differences in women's experience of prison compared to their male counterparts and noting both the positive and negative changes implemented for women behind bars. Covering research on stigma, pop culture, motherhood, sexuality and gender, access to healthcare, vocational training, and educational opportunities, this text takes both a local and international view. Women and Prison is a comprehensive volume suitable for criminal justice researchers, mental health professionals, students of criminology, women's studies, sociology and those seeking a career in corrections.

Health Issues Among Incarcerated Women

2006 Health & Fitness

Author : Ronald L. Braithwaite
Release : 2006
Genre : Health & Fitness
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 91X/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Health Issues Among Incarcerated Women written by Ronald L. Braithwaite. This book was released on 2006. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This text addresses the physical and mental needs of women prisoners and suggests that they can't be properly treated unless their lifestyles before, during, and after incarceration are considered. The book is useful for policy-makers as well as graduate students in the fields of criminal justice and health care.

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