Older women in the criminal justice system : running out of time / Azrini Wahidin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wahidin, Azrini, 1972-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Older offenders--Great Britain.

Older offenders.

Older prisoners--Great Britain.

Older prisoners.

Women prisoners--Great Britain.

Women prisoners.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (240 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

What is life like for the women who grow old behind bars? Azrini Wahidin examines in-depth the experiences and needs of this overlooked group. Illuminating reading for all those working in the prison services, probation, and the courts, Older Women in the Criminal Justice System offers a rare view of what happens to women who grow old in prison.

Contents:

Women and the criminal justice system : discipline and punish

From court to prison : women on the edge of time

Prison life : now you see me now you don't

Running out of time

Healthcare and the cost of imprisonment

Within these walls : older women in custody

Forget me not : older women in the criminal justice system

Concluding comments : responses to ageing - women in the criminal justice system.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-280-26220-6

9786610262205

1-4237-1026-6

1-84642-075-X

OCLC:

567972161