Offending women : power, punishment, and the regulation of desire /
Haney, Lynne A.(Lynne Allison),1967-
Berkeley, Calif. ; London : University of California Press,
c2010.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: an ethnographic journey across states -- Limited government: training women what to need -- Deconstructing dependency: needs, rights, and the struggle for entitlement -- Hybrid states and government from a distance -- State therapeutics: training women what to want -- The empowerment myth: social vulnerability as personal pathology -- The enemies within: fighting the sisters and numbing the self -- Conclusion: states of disentitlement and the therapeutics of neoliberalism.
Female offenders
Female offenders
Correctional institutions