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Record Nr.

UNINA9910786740603321

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2013

ISBN

1-136-22268-5

1-136-22269-3

0-203-09738-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (457 p.)

Collana

Routledge Studies in Crime and Society ; ; 5

Altri autori (Persone)

CarltonBree

SegraveMarie <1979->

Disciplina

364.8082

Soggetti

Women prisoners

Women ex-convicts

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 at the end of each chapters and index.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

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