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In Search of Safety: Confronting Inequality in Women´s Imprisonment
Barbara Owen
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Description for In Search of Safety: Confronting Inequality in Women´s Imprisonment
Paperback. Looks at the sources of gendered violence and conflict in women's prisons. The authors examine how intersectional inequalities and cumulative disadvantage are at the root of prison conflict and violence, reflecting the women's pathways to prison. Series: Gender and Justice. Num Pages: 280 pages, 14 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFE; JFSJ1; JKVP1; JPVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 410.
In Search of Safety takes a close look at the sources of gendered violence and conflict in women's prisons. The authors examine how intersectional inequalities and cumulative disadvantages are at the root of prison conflict and violence and mirror the women's pathways to prison. Women must negotiate these inequities by developing forms of prison capital-social, human, cultural, emotional, and economic-to ensure their safety while inside. The authors also analyze how conflict and subsequent violence result from human-rights violations inside the prison that occur within the gendered context of substandard prison conditions, inequalities of capital among those imprisoned, and relationships with ... Read more
In Search of Safety takes a close look at the sources of gendered violence and conflict in women's prisons. The authors examine how intersectional inequalities and cumulative disadvantages are at the root of prison conflict and violence and mirror the women's pathways to prison. Women must negotiate these inequities by developing forms of prison capital-social, human, cultural, emotional, and economic-to ensure their safety while inside. The authors also analyze how conflict and subsequent violence result from human-rights violations inside the prison that occur within the gendered context of substandard prison conditions, inequalities of capital among those imprisoned, and relationships with ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
University of California Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Series
Gender and Justice
Condition
New
Number of Pages
280
Place of Publication
Berkerley, United States
ISBN
9780520288720
SKU
V9780520288720
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About Barbara Owen
Barbara Owen is Professor Emerita at California State University, Fresno. James Wells is Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice in the School of Justice Studies at Eastern Kentucky University. Joycelyn Pollock is Distinguished Professor in the School of Criminal Justice at Texas State University.
Reviews for In Search of Safety: Confronting Inequality in Women´s Imprisonment
In Search of Safety: Confronting Inequality in Women's Imprisonment is an expertly written, and captivating book that examines imprisoned women's experiences with violence and their ability to navigate prison conflict.
Criminal Law and Criminal Justice Books
Conceptualizing the incarceration of women as a human rights issue is timely and important, and it is a powerful feminist ... Read more
Criminal Law and Criminal Justice Books
Conceptualizing the incarceration of women as a human rights issue is timely and important, and it is a powerful feminist ... Read more