Criminal women: gender matters
Bringing together cutting-edge feminist research, this collection uses participatory, inclusive and narrative methodologies to highlight the lived experiences of women involved with the criminal justice system.
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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Bristol
Bristol University Press
2022
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| In: | Year: 2022 |
| Edition: | 1st edition |
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| Summary: | Bringing together cutting-edge feminist research, this collection uses participatory, inclusive and narrative methodologies to highlight the lived experiences of women involved with the criminal justice system. Front Cover -- Criminal Women: Gender Matters -- Copyright information -- Table of contents -- List of Figures and Table -- Notes on the Authors -- Acknowledgments -- Foreword -- Introduction -- An overview of women in the CJS -- Overview of the book -- References -- 1 Hearing the Voices of Women Involved in Drugs and Crime -- Part one: background -- Childhood and adult victimisation, trauma, abuse and neglect -- Mental health and co-morbidity -- Relationships, family and social support -- Part two: hearing women's voices -- History of drug use -- Reasons for drug use -- Motivation to stop -- Being in recovery -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- 2 Knifing Off? The Inadequacies of Desistance Frameworks for Women in the Criminal Justice System in Ireland -- Social roles and gendered crime -- Pathways: intersection of victimisation, mental illness, substance misuse and crime -- Poverty, gender and social responsibilities -- Desistance: a gendered process -- Motherhood -- Relationships -- Desistance, employment and social responsibilities -- Hearing women's voices: a content analysis of the interviews -- Results and discussion -- Conclusion -- Note -- References -- 3 Sex Work, Criminalisation and Stigma: Towards a Feminist Criminological Imagination -- Feminist criminological imagination -- The importance of subjective experiences and autobiographical accounts -- Biographical and participatory methods in criminology -- Ethical principles and challenges of PAR -- Sex work and sex working -- Hidden stories: peer research with female sex workers -- Why sell sex? -- Encounters with criminal justice agencies -- Reporting violence -- Impact of criminalisation and sex work stigma -- Prison -- Women's stories: walking and talking with Kath and Nina -- Kath's story -- Nina's story -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 Online-Ressource (196 Seiten) |
| ISBN: | 978-1-5292-0844-3 978-1-5292-0842-9 |
