Offending women: power, punishment and the regulation of desire

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 m...

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Main Author: Haney, Lynne A. 1967- (Author)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
Published: Berkeley, Calif. University of California Press c 2010
In:Year: 2010
Online Access: Inhaltsverzeichnis (Verlag)
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Availability in Tübingen:Present in Tübingen.
UB: KB 20 A 4304
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Keywords:
Female offenders > Case studies > California
Female offenders > Case studies > Rehabilitation > California
Correctional institutions > Case studies > California
Female offenders > California > Case studies
Female offenders > Rehabilitation > California > Case studies
Correctional institutions > California > Case studies
Kalifornien > Weibliche Strafgefangene > Strafvollzug
Kalifornien > Weibliche Strafgefangene > Resozialisierung
USA > Frau > Gewaltdelikt > Strafvollzug > Resozialisierung
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Summary: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
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
Physical Description:XII, 287 S.
ISBN:9780520261907
9780520261914
0520261909
0520261917