RT Article
T1 Locked in the Home: A Critique of House Arrest as an Alternative to Imprisonment for Women Sentenced for Drug-Related Crimes
JF The prison journal
VO 101
IS 3
SP 286
OP 305
A1 Ariza, Libardo José
A2 Mauersberger, María
A2 Arboleda, Fernando León Tamayo
LA English
YR 2021
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1759094722
AB This article addresses the unintended consequences of using house arrest for female offenders as an alternative to prison for drug-related crimes. We propose that in patriarchal societies, locking women at home could imply moving them to another control device that may be as harmful as prison. Thereby, house arrest creates an unintended effect in which domestication in traditional gender roles ends up being the primary target of female offender punishment.
K1 prison alternatives
K1 Gender policies
K1 Public Policy
K1 female imprisonment
K1 House arrest
DO 10.1177/00328855211010410