The Incarceration of Women [electronic resource] : Punishing Bodies, Breaking Spirits /
Moore, L.author.
Scraton, P.author.
This unique book provides a rare insight into the debilitating impact of regimes that fail to respond to the complex and gender specific needs of women behind bars. Exploring the marginalization, mental health and experiences of women in prison, it specifically focuses on the legacy of women's imprisonment in Northern Ireland.
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Histories of female incarceration -- Agency, violence and regulation in the incarceration of women -- Researching prison--women's voices -- Women's imprisonment, conflict and transition -- Inside a deteriorating regime -- Self harm and suicide -- Tale of two inquests -- Hydebank wood : the prison within -- Women in prison, the pain of confinement and decarceration.
This unique book provides a rare insight into the debilitating impact of regimes that fail to respond to the complex and gender specific needs of women behind bars. Exploring the marginalization, mental health and experiences of women in prison, it specifically focuses on the legacy of women's imprisonment in Northern Ireland.
Sociology.
Crime-Sociological aspects.
Criminal law.
Great Britain-Politics and government.
Corrections.
Punishment.
Political science.
Gender Studies.
Crime and Society.
Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure Law.
British Politics.
Prison and Punishment.
Political Science.