RT Article
T1 A Life-Course Perspective on Incarcerated Women’s Views on Adulthood
JF Women & criminal justice
VO 28
IS 5
SP 351
OP 374
A1 Umamaheswar, Janani
LA English
YR 2018
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1733462686
AB Drawing on 35 in-depth interviews with incarcerated women, supplemented by mail correspondence with a sub-sample of these women, I explore how the participants interpret their early life-course experiences when reflecting on their transition to adulthood and, subsequently, their views on adult roles and responsibilities. The women’s narratives indicate that early experiences with trauma, along with premature entries into adult roles, result in a disorganized transition to adulthood. The findings also suggest that the women’s accelerated transitions to adulthood shape their views on adult roles, pointing to a need to incorporate discussions of age-normative timetables in efforts to assist at-risk and incarcerated women.
K1 Adulthood
K1 Incarcerated women
K1 The life course
K1 Transition to adulthood
DO 10.1080/08974454.2017.1367752