258 Pages
by
Routledge
258 Pages
by
Routledge
258 Pages
by
Routledge
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First published in 1983, Women’s Imprisonment explores the meanings of women’s imprisonment and, in particular, the wider meanings of the ‘moment’ of prison.
Based on officially sponsored research in Cornton Vale, Scotland’s only women’s prison, the book makes extensive use of interviews with sheriffs, policemen, and social workers, as well as observation in the prisons, the courts, and the... Read more
Acknowledgements; Introduction; Part One: The Denial of Women's Imprionment; 1: The Meanings of Women's Imprisonment in Scotland; Part Two: Women, Domesticity and Criminal Justice; 2: Family Life; 3: Women, Family and the Courts; 4: Women, Family and Imprisonment; Part Three: The Moment of Prison; 5: Papa's Discipline: Disciplinary Modes in the Scottish Women's Prison; Part Four: The Women that Nobody Wants; 6: The Dismissive Society; 7: Down, Out, Alcoholic and in Prison; 8: Down, Out, Disordered and Still in Prison; 9: The Meanings of Women's Imprisonment in Scotland: Implications and Questions for Penal Politics; Appendix A; Appendix B; Appendix C; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Biography
Pat Carlen
