Women and punishment : the struggle for justice / edited by Pat Carlen.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Carlen, Pat.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women prisoners--Great Britain.

Women prisoners.

Female offenders--Effect of imprisonment on--Great Britain.

Female offenders.

Female offenders--Rehabilitation--Great Britain.

Female offenders--Rehabilitation.

Great Britain.

Physical Description:

xiv, 265 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Cullompton ; Portland, Ore. : Willan, 2002.

Contents:

Part 1 Context

1 Introduction: Women and punishment / Pat Carlen 3

2 Gender issues in penal policy and penal theory / Barbara Hudson 21

3 Rendering women punishable: the making of a penal crisis / Anne Worrall 47

4 Youth prostitution policy reform: new discourse, same old story / Joanna Phoenix 67

Part 2 Practice

5 A gender-wise prison: opportunities for, and limits to, reform / Kate De Cou 97

6 Women-centred: the West Mercia community-based programme for women offenders / Jenny Roberts 110

7 The Women at Risk programme / Sally Poteat 125

8 Women's imprisonment: cross-national lessons / Pat Carlen 138

Part 3 Critique

9 Women's prisons in England: barriers to reform / Jackie Lowthian 155

10 Time to think again about cognitive behavioural programmes / Kathleen Kendall 182

11 Creating choices: reflecting on choices / Kelly Hannah-Moffat 199

12 New discourses of justification and reform for women's imprisonment in England / Pat Carlen 220.

Notes:

Several of the papers included were presented at a conference entitled, Women's Imprisonment: Models of Change and Cross-National Lessons.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1903240573

OCLC:

48930938