Desisting Sisters - Gender, Power and Desistance in the Criminal (In)Justice System (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2019)

This book provides an important, critical, feminist perspective on desistance theory and practice. It is built around 23 original, narrative interviews with women and the staff of the community projects they attended, as well as a year of observations at Northshire Women's Centres. The book is concerned with outlining a feminist approach to desistance which recognises that the majority of women in the criminal justice system come from backgrounds of abuse, economic disadvantage and have alcohol, drug and mental health issues. The book is also be concerned with challenging the dichotomy of narratives of victimisation and survival while recognising that women have agency. In doing so, Desisting Sisters contests the neoliberal and patriarchal approach to desistance which promotes women's role as care givers and unpaid volunteer workers. Ultimately, Barr contends that women's desistance can resist neo-liberal, patriarchal constructs, much in the same way that feminist criminology has contended that women's offending more generally, often does. This book will be of particular use and interest to those studying modules on both traditional and critical criminology, criminal justice, psychology, sociology and social work courses.

General

Imprint:	Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Country of origin:	Switzerland
Series:	Critical Criminological Perspectives
Release date:	April 2019
First published:	2019
Authors:	Una Barr
Dimensions:	210 x 148 x 24mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	270
Edition:	1st ed. 2019
ISBN-13:	978-3-03-014275-9
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Psychology > Criminal or forensic psychology Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social work > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Crime & criminology > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Gender studies > Women's studies > General Promotions
LSN:	3-03-014275-2
Barcode:	9783030142759

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