Decarcerating disability: deinstitutionalization and prison abolition

"Politics of (En)closure: Deinstitutionalization, Disability, and Prison Abolition argues that a complex understanding of disability is fundamental to an understanding of decarceration. Many argue that the rise of deinstitutionalization led directly to the rise of imprisonment. Liat Ben-Moshe c...

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1. VerfasserIn: Ben-Moshe, Liat (Verfasst von)
Medienart: Druck Buch
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: Minneapolis London University of Minnesota Press [2020]
In:Jahr: 2020
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Deinstitutionalization > United States
People with disabilities > Institutional care
Prisoners with disabilities > Deinstitutionalization > United States
Alternatives to imprisonment > United States
USA > Behinderter Mensch > Entinstitutionalisierung > Freiheitsstrafe > Alternative
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Zusammenfassung:"Politics of (En)closure: Deinstitutionalization, Disability, and Prison Abolition argues that a complex understanding of disability is fundamental to an understanding of decarceration. Many argue that the rise of deinstitutionalization led directly to the rise of imprisonment. Liat Ben-Moshe complicates this narrative by looking closely at how people of color and disabled people are pathologized as well as how profit plays a roll in caring for "disposable" populations in nursing homes, rehab facilities, prisons, etc. Ben-Moshe puts forth a theory of carceral abolition as a way to understand the failed utopian dream of deinstitutionalization and how to move forward"--
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references and index
Physische Details:xiii, 349 Seiten
ISBN:978-1-5179-0442-5
978-1-5179-0443-2