Women doing life : gender, punishment, and the struggle for identity
Record details
- ISBN: 9781479866038
- ISBN: 1479866032
- ISBN: 9781479827053
- ISBN: 1479827053
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Physical Description:
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xiv, 305 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm - Publisher: New York : New York University Press, [2016]
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-292) and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | The life imprisonment of women in America: gender, punishment, and agency -- Carmela: "blurred boundaries" -- Beginning the prison journey -- Ann and Crystal: juvenile lifers as "minnows in a shark tank" -- Actively doing life -- Desiree: a journey toward self-actualization -- Correctional officers or "us" vs. "them": preserving and challenging the binary -- Eating the life-sentence elephant: "one day at a time" -- Candace: "God is my answer" -- The way forward: policy solutions. |
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Subject: | Women prisoners United States Life imprisonment United States Female offenders United States Imprisonment United States Criminal justice, Administration of United States |
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- 1 of 1 copy available at Kirtland Community College.
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Kirtland Community College Library | HV 9471 .L46 2016 | 30775305518442 | General Collection | Available | - |