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Analysing women's imprisonment /
In both the UK and the rest of the world there have been rapid increases in the numbers of women in prison, which has led to an acceleration of interest in women's crimes and the social control of women, and women's experience of both prison and the criminal justice system is very differen...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cullompton, Devon ; Portland, Or. :
Willan Pub.,
2004.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | In both the UK and the rest of the world there have been rapid increases in the numbers of women in prison, which has led to an acceleration of interest in women's crimes and the social control of women, and women's experience of both prison and the criminal justice system is very different to men's. This text is concerned to address the key issues relating to women's imprisonment, contributing at the same time to an understanding of prison issues in general and the historical and contemporary politics of gender and penal justice. What are women's prisons for? What are they like? Why are lone. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xi, 242 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-229) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781135986919 1135986916 9781843924210 1843924218 9781135986988 1135986983 9781135987053 113598705X 1281331473 9781281331472 9786611331474 6611331476 |