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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... Read more
Introduction 1. Histories of women's imprisonment 2. Women in prison: the facts 3. Women in prison: contemporary issues 4. Theories of women's imprisonment 5. Alternatives to custody 6. Feminist theories of imprisonment and penal politics 7. Investigating women's imprisonment: practical issues
Biography
Pat Carlen
