RT Article
T1 Dispositions that matter: Investigating criminalized women’s resettlement through their (trans)carceral habitus
JF Criminology & criminal justice
VO 23
IS 1
SP 20
OP 38
A1 Quinn, Kaitlyn
LA English
YR 2023
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1831317788
AB Whether prisoner resettlement is framed in terms of public health, safety, economic prudence, recidivism, social justice, or humanitarianism, it is difficult to overstate its importance. This article investigates women’s experiences exiting prison in Canada to deepen understandings of post-carceral trajectories and their implications. It combines feminist work on transcarceration and Bourdieusian theory with qualitative research undertaken in Canada to propose the (trans)carceral habitus as a theoretical innovation. This research illuminates the continuity of criminalized women’s marginalization before and beyond their imprisonment, the embodied nature of these experiences, and the adaptive dispositions that they have demonstrated and depended on throughout their lives. In doing so, this article extends criminological work on carceral habitus which has rarely considered the experiences of women. Implications for resettlement are discussed by tracing the impact of criminalized women’s (trans)carceral habitus (i.e. distrust, skepticism, vigilance about their environments and relationships) on their willingness to access support and services offered by resettlement organizations.
K1 transcarceration
K1 Resettlement
K1 Embodiment
K1 Criminalized women
K1 carceral habitus
K1 Bourdieu
DO 10.1177/17488958211017371