The incarceration of women
Subtitle: punishing bodies, breaking spirits
By: Linda Moore, School of Criminology, politics and social policy, University of Ulster, UK, Phil Scraton, School of Law, Queen's University Belfast, UK
Contributors: Scraton, Phil
Series: Palgrave studies in prisons and penology; Palgrave studies in prisons and penology
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9780230576681
Subjects: Women prisoners; Effect of imprisonment on; Female offenders; Crime
Description: This 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages238-248) and index.

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Table of contents: title: Histories of female incarceration; title: Agency, violence and regulation in the incarceration of women; title: Researching prison; title: women's voices; title: Women's imprisonment, conflict and transition; title: Inside a deteriorating regime; title: Self harm and suicide; title: Tale of two inquests; title: Hydebank wood : the prison within; title: Women in prison, the pain of confinement and decarceration.