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...
| Main Authors: | , , |
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| Format: | Licensed eBooks |
| Language: | English |
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Oakland, California :
University of California Press,
[2017]
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| Series: | Gender and justice ;
3. |
| Online Access: | https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=1442750 |
Table of Contents:
- 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.