The Double-Victimization of Criminalized Women in Neoliberal Contexts: The Case of Paraguay

Rates of female incarceration have markedly increased since the global ascendance of neoliberalism. Drawing on quantitative prison census data and qualitative analysis of inmate interviews, this article asks: Are women rendered vulnerable by neoliberal policies more likely to be victimized by state...

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Authors: Galeano Monti, José (Author) ; Deckard, Natalie (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2021
In: Women & criminal justice
Year: 2021, Volume: 31, Issue: 1, Pages: 1-23
Online Access: Volltext (Resolving-System)
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Keywords:
Women
Prison
Latin America
Critical Criminology
Neoliberalism
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Summary:Rates of female incarceration have markedly increased since the global ascendance of neoliberalism. Drawing on quantitative prison census data and qualitative analysis of inmate interviews, this article asks: Are women rendered vulnerable by neoliberal policies more likely to be victimized by state agents when under their control? We interrogate this using the case of Paraguay – positing that paradigmatically neoliberal regimes systematically incarcerate the precarious, and enact physical and emotional violence against them during incarceration. Findings confirm this reality, with marginalized women disproportionately incarcerated, and disproportionately likely to be abused while in custody. This article advances knowledge about criminalization in neoliberal contexts.
ISSN:1541-0323
DOI:10.1080/08974454.2019.1666782