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

• Autore: Pallot Judith
• Pubblicazione: Oxford, : Oxford University Press, 2012
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (303 p.)
• Disciplina: 304.2082; 304.20820947
• Soggetto topico: 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
• Altri autori: PiacentiniLaura MoranDominique
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Gender, geography, and punishment
• ISBN: 1-283-64391-X; 0-19-163320-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910785964903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Oxford geographical and environmental studies.