Women exiting prison : critical essays on gender, post-release support and survival / edited by Bree Carlton and Marie Segrave.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Carlton, Bree.

Contributor:

Carlton, Bree.

Segrave, Marie, 1979-

Series:

Routledge studies in crime and society ; 5.

Routledge Studies in Crime and Society ; 5

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women prisoners.

Women ex-convicts.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (457 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Women's incarceration is on the rise globally and this has significant intergenerational, economic and humanitarian costs for communities across the world. While there have been efforts to implement reform, particularly in countries such as Canada, UK, US and Australia, the growing evidence suggests women's prisons and the support structures surrounding them are in crisis. This collection of critical essays presents groundbreaking research on women's post-imprisonment policy, practice and experiences. It is the first collection to offer international perspectives on gender, cr

Contents:

Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Notes on contributors; Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction: gendered transcarceral realities; 1 Incarceration, welfare state and labour market nexus: the increasing significance of gender in the prison system; 2 Post-release support for women in England and Wales: the big picture; 3 Therapeutic correctional spaces, transcarceral interventions: post-release support structures and realities experienced by women in Victoria, Australia; 4 To thrive or simply survive: parole and the post-release needs of Canadian women exiting prison

5 Continuing systemic discrimination: indigenous Australian women exiting prison6 Post-release reality for women prisoners in Northern Ireland: the challenges of 'resettlement' in a society emerging from conflict; 7 A bit neo-liberal, a bit Fabian: interventionist narratives in a diversionary programme for women; 8 Decentring the prison: abolitionist approaches to working with criminalized women; 9 Resisting gendered carceral landscapes; Postscript: a radical vision for system and social change; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Description based on online resource; title from title page (ebrary, viewed May 25, 2013).

ISBN:

1-136-22268-5

1-136-22269-3

0-203-09738-6

9780203097380

OCLC:

843332348