In search of safety : confronting inequality in women's imprisonment /

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...

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Hlavní autoři: Owen, Barbara A. (Autor), Wells, James, Ph.D (Autor), Pollock, Joycelyn M., 1956- (Autor)
Médium: Licensed eBooks
Jazyk:angličtina
Vydáno: Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2017]
Edice:Gender and justice ; 3.
On-line přístup:https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=1442750
Obsah:
  • Intersectional inequality and women's imprisonment
  • Pathways and intersecting inequality
  • Prison community, prison conditions, and gendered harm
  • Searching for safety through prison capital
  • Inequalities and contextual conflict
  • Intersections of inequality with correctional staff
  • Gendered human rights and the search for safety.