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Penal Cultures and Female Desistance (Paperback)
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Penal Cultures and Female Desistance (Paperback)
Series: International Series on Desistance and Rehabilitation
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This book makes a unique contribution to the internationalisation
of criminological knowledge about gender and desistance through a
qualitative cross-national exploration of the female route out of
crime in Sweden and England. By situating the female desistance
journey in diverse penal cultures, the study addresses two major
gaps in the literature: the neglect of critical explorations of
gender in desistance-related processes, and the lack of
internationally comparative perspectives on the lived experience of
desistance. Grounded in a feminist methodology - underpinned by a
critical humanist perspective - this book draws on 24 life-story
narrative interviews with female desisters across Sweden and
England. The discussion covers departure points, qualitative
experiences of criminal justice, as well as barriers and 'ladders'
in the female route out. While some cross-national symmetry is
detected, particularly in the areas of victimisation and issues
around short custodial sentences, overall the findings indicate
that diverse macro-processes and models, especially in terms of
'inclusive' versus 'exclusive' penal cultures, effectually 'trickle
down' to the women in this study and produce different
micro-experiences of desistance. Providing new qualitative evidence
of the 'Nordic Exceptionalism thesis', this book finds that,
comparatively, the Swedish model offers a macro-context, supported
and reflected in allied meso-practices, which is more conducive to
the formation of female desistance narratives. This unique
comparative study marks a step-change in desistance literature and
will be essential reading for those engaged in the disciplines of
penology, rehabilitation, gender and crime, and offender
management.
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