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Record Nr.

UNINA9910825545003321

Autore

Pallot Judith

Titolo

Gender, geography, and punishment : the experience of women in carceral Russia / / Judith Pallot and Laura Piacentini ; with the assistance of Dominique Moran

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford, : Oxford University Press, 2012

ISBN

1-283-64391-X

0-19-163320-8

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (303 p.)

Collana

Oxford Geographical and Environmental Studies

Oxford geographical and environmental studies

Altri autori (Persone)

PiacentiniLaura

MoranDominique

Disciplina

304.2082

304.20820947

Soggetti

Women prisoners - Russia (Federation)

Women political prisoners - Russia (Federation)

Women prisoners - Russia

Women political prisoners - Russia

Women prisoners - Soviet Union

Women political prisoners - Soviet Union

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

pt. 1. Space and place in Russia's system of penality -- pt. 2. Women prisoners' experiences of carceral Russia.

Sommario/riassunto

This book is the first of its kind that brings together human geography and the sociology of punishment to explore the relationship between distance and the punishment in contemporary Russia. Using established penological and geographical theories, the book presents in-depth empirical research to show how the experiences of women prisoners are shaped by the distances that the Russian penal service sends prisoners to serve their sentences. Its most eye-catching feature is its use ofinterviews conducted by the authors and their research team with adult and juvenile women prisoners, ex-prisoners