Locked in the Home: A Critique of House Arrest as an Alternative to Imprisonment for Women Sentenced for Drug-Related Crimes

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. There...

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1. VerfasserIn: Ariza, Libardo José (VerfasserIn)
Beteiligte: Mauersberger, María ; Arboleda, Fernando León Tamayo
Medienart: Elektronisch Aufsatz
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: 2021
In: The prison journal
Jahr: 2021, Band: 101, Heft: 3, Seiten: 286-305
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prison alternatives
Gender policies
Public Policy
female imprisonment
House arrest
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Zusammenfassung: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.
ISSN:1552-7522
DOI:10.1177/00328855211010410