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Incarceration and older women : giving back not giving up /

Generativity or 'giving back' is regarded as a common life stage, occurring for many around middle age. For the first time, this book offers qualitative research on the lives and social relationships of older imprisoned women. In-depth interviews with 29 female prisoners in the south-easte...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: White, Regina Lynn (Autor)
Otros Autores: Presser, Lois (Editor ), Easterling, Beth Allen (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Bristol : Bristol University Press, [2023].
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Front Matter
  • Contents
  • Foreword
  • Preface
  • Ageing Less Than Gracefully
  • Welcome to My Home: Cell Block D
  • Older, Wiser, and Incarcerated
  • A Positively Negative Experience
  • Parenting Behind Bars
  • Ageing in Their Own Words: Peace of Mind, Body, and Circumstances
  • 'Usefulness' of a 'Useless' Population
  • Why Not Give Them a Chance?
  • Afterword
  • Sample Demographics and Details of Current Sentence
  • Research Synopsis
  • Suggestions for Further Reading
  • References
  • Index