Desisting Sisters Gender, Power and Desistance in the Criminal (In)Justice System /

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Barr, Úna (Συγγραφέας, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019.
• Έκδοση: 1st ed. 2019.
• Σειρά: Critical Criminological Perspectives
• Θέματα: Critical criminology.; Criminals-Rehabilitation.; Social justice.; Human rights.; Probation.; Social work.; Forensic psychology.; Ethnicity, Class, Gender and Crime.; Rehabilitation.; Social Justice, Equality and Human Rights.; Social Work.; Forensic Psychology.

This book provides an important, critical, feminist perspective on desistance theory and practice. It is built around 23 original, narrative interviews with women and the staff of the community projects they attended, as well as a year of observations at Northshire Women's Centres. The book is...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• 1. Defining Desistance
• 2. Explaining Desistance.-3. A Case Of Growing Up? A Feminist Critique Of Maturational Theory.-4. 'A Good Job And The Love Of A Good Woman? A Feminist Critique Of Social Bonds Theory
• 5. All In The Head? A Feminist Critique Of Subjective Theory
• 6. (In)Justice Systems
• 7. Making The Invisible Visible
• 8. Conclusion.