Women Exiting Prison - Critical Essays on Gender, Post-Release Support and Survival (Paperback)

Women's incarceration is on the rise globally and this has significant intergenerational, economic and humanitarian costs for communities across the world. While there have been efforts to implement reform, particularly in countries such as Canada, UK, US and Australia, the growing evidence suggests women's prisons and the support structures surrounding them are in crisis. This collection of critical essays presents groundbreaking research on women's post-imprisonment policy, practice and experiences. It is the first collection to offer international perspectives on gender, criminalisation, the effects of imprisonment and women-centred approaches to the short and long-term support of women exiting prison. It offers cutting-edge insights into contemporary policy developments and women's experiences across the US, the UK, Australia, Canada and Northern Ireland. The collection makes two important contributions. First, it marks a departure from an instrumental and individual focus on 'what works' to reduce women's offending and re-offending behaviour - a prevailing approach within competing collections focused on post-release issues. Second, it presents critical, original research with robust empirical foundations to revive feminist criminological engagement around gender, imprisonment, and most critically, post-release management, support and survival. The collection will appeal to academics and community-based advocates, activists, lawyers and practitioners engaged in advocacy and service provision for imprisoned women. It is also an important and unique analysis for undergraduate and postgraduate students studying criminological and social science courses particularly those related to gender and crime, imprisonment and correctional policy and qualitative research methods.

General

Imprint:	Routledge
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Routledge Studies in Crime and Society
Release date:	October 2014
First published:	2013
Editors:	Bree Carlton • Marie Segrave
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 25mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	214
ISBN-13:	978-0-415-83153-6
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Crime & criminology > Offenders > General
LSN:	0-415-83153-9
Barcode:	9780415831536

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