Breaking women : gender, race, and the new politics of imprisonment /

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Since the 1980s, when the War on Drugs kicked into high gear and prison populations soared, the increase in women's rate of incarceration has steadily outpaced that of men. In this book, the author draws upon four years of on-the-ground research in a major US women's prison to uncover why...

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Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: McCorkel, Jill A. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : New York University Press, [2013]
Series:UPCC book collections on Project MUSE. Global Cultural Studies.
Subjects:
Female offenders > Rehabilitation > United States.
Women prisoners > Services for > United States.
Corrections > United States.
Criminelles > Réhabilitation > États-Unis.
Prisonnières > Services > États-Unis.
Services correctionnels > États-Unis.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Criminology.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Penology.
Corrections
Female offenders > Rehabilitation
Women prisoners > Services for
United States
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