05441oam 2200697I 450 991045441810332120191030193359.01-135-98691-61-281-33147-397866113314741-84392-421-810.4324/9781843924210 (CKB)1000000000725453(EBL)449623(OCoLC)609842522(SSID)ssj0000288734(PQKBManifestationID)11221414(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000288734(PQKBWorkID)10384583(PQKB)10093468(MiAaPQ)EBC449623(Au-PeEL)EBL449623(CaPaEBR)ebr10305971(CaONFJC)MIL133147(OCoLC)678819419(EXLCZ)99100000000072545320180706d2004 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrAnalysing women's imprisonment /Pat Carlen and Anne WorrallCullompton, Devon, U.K. ;Portland, Or. :Willan Pub.,2004.1 online resource (254 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-84392-069-7 1-84392-070-0 Includes bibliographical references (p. 211-229) and index.Cover; Analysing Women's Imprisonment; Copyright; Contents; Introduction; Chapter 1 Histories of women's imprisonment; Introduction; The modernisers; The limits to modernism; The postmodernists; Summary; Concepts to know; Further reading; Topics for discussion; Essay questions; Chapter 2 Women in prison: the facts; Introduction; Sentencing women: chivalry or double jeopardy?; Discrimination and Section 95 publications; Counting women in prison; Characteristics of women in prison; International comparisons; Conclusion; Notes; Concepts to know; Further reading; Topics for discussionEssay questionsChapter 3 Women in prison: contemporary issues; Introduction; A safe environment; Treating people with respect; A full, constructive and purposeful regime; Resettlement training to prevent re-offending; Conclusion; Concepts to know; Further reading; Topics for discussion; Essay questions; Chapter 4 Theories of women's imprisonment; Introduction; Why do women's prisons take the forms they do?; What are women's prisons for?; Political explanations; Penological explanations; Does prison work? Practical assessments; Does prison work? Penal theorists' assessmentsCultural explanationsClassical approaches; Feminist approaches; Foucauldian feminist approaches; Conclusion; Concepts to know; Further reading; Topics for discussion; Essay questions; Chapter 5 Alternatives to custody; Introduction; Why aren't women criminalised as much as men?; Why are some women treated leniently by the criminal courts (or are they)?; Alternatives to prison for women; Three models of correctional change (Cohen 1983); Three generations of intensive supervision; Women and community punishment; Women and fines; Trends in supervisory community sentences for womenWomen and community rehabilitation orders (formerly probation orders)Women and community punishment orders (formerly community service); Women and drugs treatment; Women and electronic monitoring; Women and hostels; Women and intensive supervision; Women and restorative justice; What works for women offenders?; Women-wise penology; Concepts to know; Further reading; Topics for discussion; Essay questions; Chapter 6 Feminist theories of imprisonment and penal politics; Introduction; Administrative, critical, abolitionist and feminist perspectives on punishmentCampaigns for abolition of women's imprisonmentFeminist politics and prisoner research ethics; Theorizing the relationships between theory, penal politics and campaigning for change; Conclusion; Concepts to know; Further reading; Topics for discussion; Essay questions; Chapter 7 Investigating women's imprisonment: practical issues; Introduction; Designing the project; Project design checklist; Gaining access; Gaining access checklist; Contacting the interviewees or research participants; Ethical issues; Leaving the research site; Conclusion; Further reading; Topics for discussionProject areas and topicsIn both the UK and the rest of the world there have been rapid increases in the numbers of women in prison, which has led to an acceleration of interest in women's crimes and the social control of women, and women's experience of both prison and the criminal justice system is very different to men's. This text is concerned to address the key issues relating to women's imprisonment, contributing at the same time to an understanding of prison issues in general and the historical and contemporary politics of gender and penal justice. What are women's prisons for? What are they like? Why are lone Women prisonersReformatories for womenElectronic books.Women prisoners.Reformatories for women.344.03/5Carlen Pat.938345Worrall Anne915747MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910454418103321Analysing women's imprisonment2113977UNINA