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Incarceration and older women : giving back not giving up / Regina White Benedict ; edited by Lois Presser and Beth Easterling.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- White, Regina Lynn, author.
- Series:
- Policy Press scholarship online.
- Policy Press scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Women prisoners.
- Older prisoners.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (vii, 134 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Bristol University Press 2023
- Bristol : Bristol University Press, 2023.
- Language Note:
- In English.
- Summary:
- For the first time, this book offers qualitative research on the lives and social relationships of older imprisoned women. In-depth interviews with twenty-nine female prisoners in the south-eastern United States show that older women both engage in generative behaviours, or 'giving back', in prison and also wish to do so upon their release.
- Contents:
- Front Matter
- Contents
- Foreword
- Preface
- Ageing Less Than Gracefully
- Welcome to My Home: Cell Block D
- Older, Wiser, and Incarcerated
- A Positively Negative Experience
- Parenting Behind Bars
- Ageing in Their Own Words: Peace of Mind, Body, and Circumstances
- 'Usefulness' of a 'Useless' Population
- Why Not Give Them a Chance?
- Afterword
- Sample Demographics and Details of Current Sentence
- Research Synopsis
- Suggestions for Further Reading
- References
- Index
- Notes:
- Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 25 Jan 2024).
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781529231670
- 1529231671
- 9781529231694
- 1529231698
- 9781529231687
- 152923168X
- OCLC:
- 1399976294
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