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Description for Sledgehammer
Paperback. An analysis of the penal control of women at the end of the twentieth century based on research completed in 1997. The author uses interviews conducted with inmates and staff at women's prisons to present a case for a quantitative and qualitative reduction in the imprisonment of women. Num Pages: 193 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; JKVP1; L. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 257.
Pat Carlen's compelling and compassionate analysis of the penal control of women at the end of the twentieth century is based on new research completed in 1997. She develops many of the themes of previous work, while introducing new concepts such as 'gender-testing', and 'ameliorative justice'. Skilfully and vividly presenting the words and views of both staff and inmates of the women's prisons, Carlen presents a powerful case for both a quantitative and qualitative reduction in women's imprisonment.
Pat Carlen's compelling and compassionate analysis of the penal control of women at the end of the twentieth century is based on new research completed in 1997. She develops many of the themes of previous work, while introducing new concepts such as 'gender-testing', and 'ameliorative justice'. Skilfully and vividly presenting the words and views of both staff and inmates of the women's prisons, Carlen presents a powerful case for both a quantitative and qualitative reduction in women's imprisonment.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
193
Condition
New
Number of Pages
180
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780333746066
SKU
V9780333746066
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Ref
99-15
About Pat Carlen
PAT CARLEN is a founder member of the campaigning group Women In Prison, she is presently Professor of Sociology at Bath University and before that was Professor of Criminology at the University of Keele where she founded, and was Head of the Department of Criminology. This is her fourteenth book discussing the relationships between social and criminal justice in general ... Read more
Reviews for Sledgehammer
'...an excellent and important book...Pat Carlen's hope for change before the dawn of the new millennium has not been met but thanks to her spirited, scholarly and relentless challenge to the current system we may continue to hope that one day soon we will see an end to the sledgehammer of a system of women's imprisonment; and that, in its ... Read more