Jailcare - Finding the Safety Net for Women Behind Bars

Summary

Thousands of pregnant women pass through our nation's jails every year. What happens to them as they gestate their pregnancies in a space of punishment? In this book, the author explores how, in this time when public safety is in disarray and when incarceration has become a central strategy for managing the poor, jail has become a safety net.

Product details

• Authors: Carolyn Sufrin, Sufrin Carolyn
• Publisher: University Of California Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 23.05.2017
• EAN: 9780520288683
• ISBN: 978-0-520-28868-3
• No. of pages: 328
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Social structure research; USA, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Penology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, Social issues & processes, United States of America, USA, Social and cultural anthropology, Gender studies: women, Social and ethical issues, Gender studies: women and girls, Penology and punishment, Penology & punishment