Women, Stigma, and Desistance From Crime - Precarious Identities in the Transition to Adulthood

Building on a range of interviews with young adult women who were offenders in their youth, this book analyses their vivid personal accounts of stigma, motherhood, addiction and examines the gendered transition from youth criminality into adulthood.

Sommario

Introduction 1Youth, inequality and stigma 2 Precarious transitions: excluded and criminalised in an era of austerity 3 Stigmatisation and devaluation beyond the penal sphere 4 Maternal identities, stigma and desistance from crime 5 The legacy of education and welfare intervention 6 Making sense of penal intervention 7 Conclusion

Info autore

Gilly Sharpe is a Lecturer in Criminology at the University of Sheffield, UK.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Gilly (University of Sheffield Sharpe, Sharpe Gilly
• Editore: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 30.01.2025
• EAN: 9781032564289
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3256428-9
• Pagine: 204
• Serie: International Series on Desistance and Rehabilitation
• Categorie: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Sociologia > Teorie sociologiche; Sociology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology, Legal aspects of criminology, Gender studies, gender groups, Criminology: legal aspects, Probation services, Juvenile Criminal Law