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

• Main Author: Barr, Úna (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Series: Critical Criminological Perspectives
• Subjects: 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...

Table of Contents:

• 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.