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Criminal women : gender matters /

Bringing together cutting-edge feminist research, this collection uses participatory, inclusive and narrative methodologies to highlight the lived experiences of women involved with the criminal justice system.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Grace, Sharon (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Bristol : Bristol University Press, 2022.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Front Cover
  • Criminal Women: Gender Matters
  • Copyright information
  • Table of contents
  • List of Figures and Table
  • Notes on the Authors
  • Acknowledgments
  • Foreword
  • Introduction
  • An overview of women in the CJS
  • Overview of the book
  • References
  • 1 Hearing the Voices of Women Involved in Drugs and Crime
  • Part one: background
  • Childhood and adult victimisation, trauma, abuse and neglect
  • Mental health and co-morbidity
  • Relationships, family and social support
  • Part two: hearing women's voices
  • History of drug use
  • Reasons for drug use
  • Motivation to stop
  • Being in recovery
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • References
  • 2 Knifing Off? The Inadequacies of Desistance Frameworks for Women in the Criminal Justice System in Ireland
  • Social roles and gendered crime
  • Pathways: intersection of victimisation, mental illness, substance misuse and crime
  • Poverty, gender and social responsibilities
  • Desistance: a gendered process
  • Motherhood
  • Relationships
  • Desistance, employment and social responsibilities
  • Hearing women's voices: a content analysis of the interviews
  • Results and discussion
  • Conclusion
  • Note
  • References
  • 3 Sex Work, Criminalisation and Stigma: Towards a Feminist Criminological Imagination
  • Feminist criminological imagination
  • The importance of subjective experiences and autobiographical accounts
  • Biographical and participatory methods in criminology
  • Ethical principles and challenges of PAR
  • Sex work and sex working
  • Hidden stories: peer research with female sex workers
  • Why sell sex?
  • Encounters with criminal justice agencies
  • Reporting violence
  • Impact of criminalisation and sex work stigma
  • Prison
  • Women's stories: walking and talking with Kath and Nina
  • Kath's story
  • Nina's story
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • References
  • 4 Criminal Women in Prison Who Self-harm: What Can We Learn from Their Experiences?
  • Background
  • Self-harm and imprisoned women
  • Women Offenders Repeat Self-Harm Intervention Pilot II (WORSHIP II)
  • Psychological functions of self-harm
  • Intrapersonal functions
  • Interpersonal functions
  • What can we learn from imprisoned women's experiences?
  • Reflections on Criminal Women (1985) and imprisoned women who self-harm
  • Prisons for women: incorporating trauma-informed care and practice
  • Conclusion
  • References
  • 5 Criminal Mothers: The Persisting Pains of Maternal Imprisonment
  • Mary
  • Cassie
  • Discussion
  • Motherhood, spoiled identity and desistance: a complicated relationship
  • Conclusion
  • Author's note
  • Notes
  • References
  • 6 'The World Split Open': Writing, Teaching and Learning with Women in Prison
  • The Inside-Out Prison Exchange Programme and Think Tanks
  • Origins of this writing project
  • 'the world split open'
  • Reflections on our approach: women, prisons and violence(s)
  • Concluding thoughts
  • Notes
  • References
  • 7 Women's Biographies through Prison
  • Verity-Fee