WOMEN, PUNISHMENT AND SOCIAL JUSTICE by Margaret S. Malloch (Editor), Gill McIvor (Editor) ( 9781136193705 )

Item Details

Title:

WOMEN, PUNISHMENT AND SOCIAL JUSTICE
HUMAN RIGHTS AND PENAL PRACTICES

By:

Margaret S. Malloch (Editor), Gill McIvor (Editor)

Format:

Electronic book text

List price:	£39.99
We believe that this item is permanently unavailable, and so we cannot source it.

ISBN 10:

1136193707

ISBN 13:

9781136193705

Publisher:

TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD

Pub. date:

15 February, 2013

Series:

Routledge Frontiers of Criminal Justice

Pages:

240

Synopsis:

The prison has often been the focus for concerns about human rights violations, and campaigns aimed at achieving social justice, for those with an interest in the criminalisation of women. To reduce the number of women imprisoned, a range of policy initiatives have been developed to increase the use of community-based responses to women in conflict with the law. These initiatives have tended to operate alongside reforms to the prison estate and are often defined as `community punishment', `community sanctions' and `alternatives to imprisonment'. This book challenges the contention that improved regimes and provisions within the criminal justice system are capable of addressing human rights concerns and the needs of the criminalised woman.This book aims to provide a critical analysis of approaches and experiences of penal sanctions, human rights and social justice as enacted in different jurisdictions within and beyond the UK. Drawing on international knowledge and expertise, the contributors to this book challenge the efficacy of gender-responsive interventions by examining issues affecting women in the criminal justice system such as mental health, age, and ethnicity. Crucially, the book will engage with the paradox of implementing rights within a largely punishment-orientated system.This book will be of interest to those taking undergraduate and post-graduate courses that examine punishment, gender and justice, and which lend themselves to an international / comparative aspect such as criminal justice/criminology, (international) criminal justice courses; sociology as well as professional training for practitioners (criminal justice, social work, health) who work with women in the criminal justice system.

Illustrations:

8 Line drawings, black and white; 7 Tables, black and white; 8

Publication:

Imprint:

Routledge

Returns:

Non-returnable

Some other items by this author:

BEYOND THE RISK PARADIGM IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE (PB)

BUILDING JUSTICE IN POST-TRANSITION EUROPE?