Women, Punishment and Social Justice : Human Rights and Penal Practices.

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The prison has often been the focus for concerns about human rights violations, and campaigns aimed at achieving social justice, for those with an interest in the criminalisation of women. To reduce the number of women imprisoned, a range of policy initiatives have been developed to increase the use...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Malloch, Margaret
Otros Autores: McIvor, Gill
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Hoboken : Taylor and Francis, 2013.
Colección:Routledge frontiers of criminal justice.
Temas:
Women prisoners > Social conditions.
Alternatives to imprisonment.
Corrections.
Human rights.
Alternative convictions.
Prisonnières > Conditions sociales.
Emprisonnement > Alternative.
Services correctionnels.
Droits de l'homme (Droit international)
Alternative convictions
Alternatives to imprisonment
Corrections
Human rights
Women prisoners > Social conditions
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover; Title; Copyright Page; Contents; Acknowledgements; List of figures and tables; List of contributors; PART I: Introduction; 1 Women, punishment and social justice; 2 Legitimacy, law and locality: Making the case for change; PART II: The penal context; 3 Women's imprisonment in Northern Ireland: Social exclusion, punishment and breaches of rights; 4 Deaths of women in prison: The human rights issues arising; 5 Researching the mental health needs of women in prison: Problems and pitfalls; 6 Older female prisoners in the UK and US: Finding justice in the criminal justice system.
  • 7 A healing place? Okimaw Ohci and a Canadian approach to Aboriginal women8 Human rights in an institutional setting; PART III: Community sanctions, human rights and social justice; 9 Prisons, gender responsive strategies and community sanctions: The expansion of punishment in the United States; 10 Justice and community for women in transition in Victoria, Australia; 11 Hostels and community justice for women: The 'semi-penal' paradox; 12 The 218 experience; 13 An offending strategy: The state's response to women within the criminal justice system in Northern Ireland.
  • 14 Tracking the invisible: Young Gitana women and punishment in AndalusiaPART IV: Concluding thoughts; 15 Women, punishment and social justice: Why you should care; 16 Concluding reflections; Index.

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