Taking the rap : women doing time for society's crimes / Ann Hansen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hansen, Ann, 1953- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women prisoners.

Women--Effect of imprisonment on.

Women.

Women prisoners--Social conditions.

Imprisonment--Psychological aspects.

Imprisonment.

Women prisoners--Anecdotes.

Genre:

Anecdotes.

Physical Description:

353 pages ; 20 cm

Place of Publication:

Toronto, Ontario : Between the Lines, 2018.

Summary:

"When Ann Hansen was arrested in 1983 along with the four other members of the radical anarchist group known as the Squamish Five, her long-time commitment to prison abolition suddenly became much more personal. Now, she could see firsthand the brutal effects of imprisonment on real women's lives. During more than thirty years in prison and on parole, the bonds and experiences Hansen shared with other imprisoned women only strengthened her resolve to fight the prison industrial complex. In Taking the Rap, she shares gripping stories of women caught in a system that treats them as disposable-poor women, racialized women, and Indigenous women, whose stories are both heartbreaking and enraging. Often serving time for minor offences due to mental health issues, abuse, and poverty, women prisoners are offered up as scapegoats by a society keen to find someone to punish for the problems we all have created."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Through the Looking Glass, 1983

The Lucifer Effect, 1984

The More Things Change, the More They Stay the Same, 1990-2006

Take the Long Way Home, 2006

Canada, the US Mini-Me, 2006-2012

GVI, 2012.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Other Format:

Hansen, Ann, 1953-, author. Taking the rap.:

ISBN:

9781771133555

1771133554

9781771133579

1771133570

OCLC:

1035319996