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Record Nr.

UNINA9910462772403321

Titolo

Women in prison : gender and social control / / edited by Barbara H. Zaitzow, Jim Thomas

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Boulder, Colorado : , : Lynne Rienner Publishers, , 2003

©2003

ISBN

1-58826-945-0

Edizione

[3rd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (263 p.)

Disciplina

365/.43

Soggetti

Women prisoners - United States

Sex role - United States

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

""Book Title""; ""Table of Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""1-Gendered Control in Prisons: The Difference Difference Makes""; ""Prison Culture as Absurd""; ""The Difference Difference Makes""; ""Equality or Parity?""; ""What Is Prison Culture?""; ""Symbolic Violence and Prison Research""; ""Standpoint: Outsiders Looking In""; ""Core Themes""; ""Chapter Summary""; ""2-“Doing Gender� in a Women�s Prison""; ""Characteristics of Female Offenders""; ""Deception of the Prison Appearance""; ""Upon Entry into Prison""; ""The Prison Experience""; ""Adaptation to Prison Life""

""Kinships""""Special Needs of Female Inmates""; ""Health Services""; ""Victimization of Women Prisoners""; ""Toward Change""; ""Conclusion""; ""3-Gendered Perceptions of Dangerous and Dependent Women: “Gun Molls� and “Fallen Women�""; ""Dangerous Women: Madams and Molls""; ""Determined, Dependent, and Diseased Women""; ""Gender: Seesaws and Symbolic Violence""; ""Conflicted Historical Foundations""; ""Legal Embodiment of Patriarchy""; ""“Creating� and “Classifying� Women and Slaves""; ""The State�s “Dependent Women�""; ""Penitentiaries and Dangerous Women""

""The “New South�: What Happened to Patriarchy?""""“Fallen Women�: Dangerous and Dependent""; ""Domination and Struggle:



Women�s “Reformation�""; ""Maternal Love and Immoral Relations""; ""Correctional Institutions: The “New Equality�""; ""Gender: Dependency, Domination, and Liberation""; ""4-Women�s Stories of Survival and Resistance""; ""Methods""; ""The Culture of Confinement""; ""Survival and Resistance""; ""Conclusion""; ""Note""; ""5-Abused Women and Incarceration""; ""Abuse Rates""; ""Childhood Abuse and Later Criminality""

""Understanding Posttraumatic Stress Disorder""""The Security Mandate""; ""Male Guards in Women�s Prisons""; ""Supervision Issues""; ""Sexual Misconduct Within the Prison""; ""Trauma Coping Strategies""; ""Implications""; ""Conclusion""; ""6-Imprisoned Mothers and Their Children""; ""Where Do the Children Go?""; ""Babies Born in Prison""; ""Mother-Child Contact""; ""Postrelease Services and Alternatives to Incarceration""; ""Conclusion""; ""7-Gender, Race, and Sexuality in Prison""; ""Methodology: Doing Feminist Research""; ""Identity Politics: Destabilizing “Woman�""

""Gender: Femininity as Entrapment or Resistance""""Race: Disrupting the Color Line""; ""Sexuality: Challenging Gender and the Prison""; ""Conclusion: Subversive Identities""; ""Note""; ""8-Parallels in the Prison Experiences of Women and Men""; ""A Phenomenological Model of Prison Experience""; ""Methods""; ""Experiential Parallels""; ""Discussion""; ""9-Ultramasculine Stereotypes and Violence in the Control of Women Inmates""; ""Masculinity and Individual Violence""; ""Masculinity and Institutional Violence""; ""Women�s Experience in Prison andIts Relationship to Domestic Violence""

""Conclusion""