Experiences Of Punishment Abuse And Justice By Women And Families

Author : Natalie Booth,Isla Masson,Lucy Baldwin
Publisher : Policy Press
Page : 155 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2023-03-28
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781447363934

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Experiences of Punishment, Abuse and Justice by Women and Families by Natalie Booth,Isla Masson,Lucy Baldwin Pdf

Women and families within the criminal justice system (CJS) are increasingly the focus of research and this book considers the timely issues concerning experiences of punishment, abuse and justice. With insights from frontline practice and from the lived experiences of women, the collection examines prison experiences in a post-COVID-19 world, domestic violence and the successes and failures of family support. A companion to the first edited collection, Critical Reflections on Women, Family, Crime and Justice, the book sheds new light on the challenges and experiences of women and families who encounter the CJS. Accessible to both academics and practitioners and with real-world policy recommendations, this collection demonstrates how positive change can be achieved.

Author : Masson, Isla,Baldwin, Lucy
Publisher : Policy Press
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2021-05-18
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781447358671

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Critical Reflections on Women, Family, Crime and Justice by Masson, Isla,Baldwin, Lucy Pdf

Drawing on original research from the Women, Family, Crime and Justice research network, this edited collection sheds new light on the challenges and experiences of women and families who encounter the criminal justice system in the UK. Each contribution demonstrates how these groups are often ignored, oppressed and repeatedly victimised. The book addresses crucial issues including short-term imprisonment, trauma-specific interventions, schools supporting children affected by parental imprisonment and visibility and voice in research. Bringing together contemporary knowledge from both research and practice, this ambitious volume offers valuable insights and practical recommendations for positive action and change.

Author : Isla Masson,Natalie Booth
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 643 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2022-10-25
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781000604252

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The Routledge Handbook of Women's Experiences of Criminal Justice by Isla Masson,Natalie Booth Pdf

This Handbook brings together the voices of a range of contributors interested in the many varied experiences of women in criminal justice systems, and who are seeking to challenge the status quo. Although there is increasing literature and research on gender, and certain aspects of the criminal justice system (often Western focused), there is a significant gap in the form of a Handbook that brings together these important gendered conversations. This essential book explores research and theory on how women are perceived, handled, and experience criminal justice within and across different jurisdictions, with particular consideration of gendered and disparate treatment of women as law-breakers. There is also consideration of women’s experiences through an intersectional lens, including race and class, as well as feminist scholarship and activism. The Handbook contains 47 unique chapters with nine overarching themes (Lessons from history and theory; Routes into the criminal justice system; Intersectionality; Sentencing and the courts and community punishments; Specific offences; Incarcerated women’s experiences; Mothers and families; Rehabilitation and reintegration; Practitioner relationships), and each theme includes contributions from different countries as well as the experiences of contributors from different stages in their own journey. International and interdisciplinary in scope, this Handbook is essential reading for scholars and students of criminology, sociology, social policy, social work, and law. It will also be of interest to practitioners, such as social workers, probation officers, prison officers, and policy makers.

Author : Lucy Baldwin
Publisher : Waterside Press
Page : 299 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2023-09-12
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781914603426

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Gendered Justice by Lucy Baldwin Pdf

Gendered Justice seeks to enhance knowledge and practice in relation to criminalised women and anyone affected by their imprisonment. It calls for compassionate trauma-informed, and gender-specific approaches. As editor Dr Lucy Baldwin explains, ‘How society engages with women coming into contact with the Criminal Justice System can have a profound and lasting effect on their lives, so it is important to ensure that the impact is an informed and positive one’. In chapters by experts from diverse backgrounds, the book examines a carefully selected mix of developments including in topical areas such as women’s rights, help and support, stigma, domestic abuse, sentencing, racism, disadvantage, poverty, deviance, labelling, homelessness, stereotyping, missed opportunities, silencing, fairness, prison visits, desistance from crime, unmet needs, and making a difference. A key text for gender aware readers/researchers which includes accounts of ‘lived experience’. Outlines tools, methods and best practice. Reviews ‘An important and inspirational book which should be compulsory reading for policy-makers and sentencers’– Professor Loraine Gelsthorpe, Cambridge University (from the Foreword).

Author : Lucy Baldwin,Laura Abbott
Publisher : Policy Press
Page : 185 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2023-11-30
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781447363392

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Pregnancy and New Motherhood in Prison by Lucy Baldwin,Laura Abbott Pdf

Incorporating the authentic voices and real-life experiences of women, this ground-breaking book focuses on pregnancy and new motherhood in UK prisons. The book delves critically and poignantly into the criminal justice system's response to pregnant and new mothers, shedding light on the tragedies of stillborn babies and the deaths of traumatised mothers in prison. Based on lived realities, it passionately argues the case for enhancing the experiences of pregnant and new mothers involved with the criminal justice system. Aiming to catalyse policy and practice, the book is key reading for criminology and midwifery students and researchers as well as policy makers and practitioners.

Author : Gillian Balfour,Elizabeth Comack
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 377 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1552666824

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Criminalizing Women by Gillian Balfour,Elizabeth Comack Pdf

Criminalizing Women introduces readers to the key issues addressed by feminists engaged in criminology research over the past four decades. Chapters explore how narratives that construct women as errant females, prostitutes, street gang associates and symbols of moral corruption mask the connections between women s restricted choices and the conditions of their lives."

Author : Katharine Kelly,Virginia Caputo
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 47 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Family violence
ISBN : OCLC:270881607

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Are Federally Sentenced Women's Experiences with Family Violence a Factor in Their Contact with the Criminal Justice System? by Katharine Kelly,Virginia Caputo Pdf

Author : Margaret Malloch,Gill McIvor
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2013-02-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781136193705

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Women, Punishment and Social Justice by Margaret Malloch,Gill McIvor Pdf

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.

Author : Sandy Cook,Susanne Davies
Publisher : UPNE
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 1999-12-22
Category : Law
ISBN : 1555534112

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Harsh Punishment by Sandy Cook,Susanne Davies Pdf

A pioneering collection of personal accounts from criminal justice scholars, practitioners, and activists, and from current and former prisoners themselves.

Author : Cara Jardine
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2019-08-29
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780429827082

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Families, Imprisonment and Legitimacy by Cara Jardine Pdf

This book examines what it means to be a family within the restrictive, disruptive, and often distressing context of imprisonment. Drawing on original qualitative data, it looks beyond traditional models of the family to examine the question of which relationships matter to individuals affected by imprisonment, and demonstrates how family relationships are actively constructed and maintained through family "practices" and "displays" such as visits, shared experiences and continuing family memories and traditions. It sheds new light not only on the true extent of who is impacted by the imposition of a prison sentence, but also the barriers to family life that these individuals encounter throughout its duration. This book also contributes to our understanding of wider issues such as poverty and social marginalisation, the role of family relationships on desistance from crime, and legitimacy. It argues that the act of supporting an individual in custody can bring families into regular contact with the criminal justice system in ways that can be both distressing and problematic, and therefore contends that the prison system should minimise the damage caused by imprisonment not only to family relationships, but also to the perceived legitimacy of the criminal justice system. Generating new conceptual insights into the harms of imprisonment and how perceptions of legitimacy and fairness are shaped by the criminal justice system, this book will be of much interest to students of criminology and sociology engaged in studies of criminal justice, prisons, gender, social work, and punishment. It will also be of interest to policy makers, penal-reformers, and activists.

Author : Samuel H. Pillsbury
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 402 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2019-01-11
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780429756450

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Imagining a Greater Justice by Samuel H. Pillsbury Pdf

Even for violent crime, justice should mean more than punishment. By paying close attention to the relational harms suffered by victims, this book develops a concept of relational justice for survivors, offenders and community. Relational justice looks beyond traditional rules of legal responsibility to include the social and emotional dimensions of human experience, opening the way for a more compassionate, effective and just response to crime. The book’s chapters follow a journey from victim experiences of violence to community healing from violence. Early chapters examine the relational harms inflicted by the worst wrongs, the moral responsibility of wrongdoers and common mistakes made in judging wrongdoing. Particular attention is paid here to sexual violence. The book then moves to questions of just punishment: proper sentencing by judges, mandatory sentences approved by the public, and the realities of contemporary incarceration, focusing particularly on solitary confinement and sexual violence. In its remaining chapters, the book looks at changes brought by the victims' rights movement and victim needs that current law does not, and perhaps cannot meet. It then addresses possibilities for offender change and challenges for majority America in addressing race discrimination in criminal justice. The book concludes with a look at how individuals might live out the ideals of a greater—relational—justice. Chapter 10 of this book is freely available as a downloadable Open Access PDF at http://www.taylorfrancis.com under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC-BY-NC-ND) 4.0 license.

Author : Ramona Alaggia,Cathy Vine
Publisher : Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press
Page : 604 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2013-05-21
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 9781554588503

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Cruel but Not Unusual by Ramona Alaggia,Cathy Vine Pdf

Violence in families and intimate relationships affects a significant proportion of the population—from very young children to the elderly—with far-reaching and often devastating consequences. Cruel but Not Unusual draws on the expertise of scholars and practitioners to present readers with the latest research and thinking about the history, conditions, and impact of violence in these contexts. For this new edition, chapters have been updated to reflect changes in data and legislation. New chapters include an examination of trauma from a neurobiological perspective; a critical analysis of the “gender symmetry debate,” a debate that questions the gendered nature of intimate violence; and an essay on the history and evolution of the women’s movement dedicated to addressing violence against women, which advances theoretical developments that remind readers of the breadth of inclusivity that should be at the heart of working in this field.

Author : Baldwin, Lucy,Masson, Isla,Natalie Booth
Publisher : Policy Press
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2021-05-18
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781447358695

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Critical Reflections on Women, Family, Crime and Justice by Baldwin, Lucy,Masson, Isla,Natalie Booth Pdf

Drawing on research from the Women, Family, Crime and Justice research network, this collection sheds new light on the experiences of women and families who encounter the UK criminal justice system. Contributions demonstrate how these groups are often ignored, oppressed and victimised, and offer insights and practical recommendations for change.

Author : Lora Bex Lempert
Publisher : NYU Press
Page : 319 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2016-02-19
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781479866038

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Women Doing Life by Lora Bex Lempert Pdf

"In Women Doing Life, Lora Bex Lempert examines the carceral experiences of women serving life sentences, presenting a typology of the ways that life-sentenced women grow and self-actualize, resist prison definitions, reflect on and own their criminal acts, and ultimately create meaningful lives behind prison walls. Looking beyond the explosive headlines that often characterize these women as monsters, Lempert offers rare insight into this vulnerable, little studied population. Her gendered analysis considers the ways that women do crime differently than men and how they have qualitatively different experiences of imprisonment than their male counterparts."--Provided by publisher.

Author : Elizabeth Comack
Publisher : Fernwood Publishing
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2021-01-10T00:00:00Z
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781773634678

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Coming Back to Jail by Elizabeth Comack Pdf

Published some two decades ago, Elizabeth Comack’s Women in Trouble explored the connections between the women’s abuse histories and their law violations as well as their experience of imprisonment in an aged facility. What has changed for incarcerated women in those twenty years? Are experiences of abuse continuing to have an impact on the lives of criminalized women? How do women find the experience of imprisonment in a new facility? Drawing on the stories of forty-two incarcerated women, Coming Back to Jail broadens the focus to examine the role of trauma in the women’s lives. Resisting the popular move to understand trauma in psychiatric terms — as post-traumatic stress disorder (ptsd) — the book frames trauma as “lived experience” and locates the women’s lives within the context of a settler-colonial, capitalist, patriarchal society. Doing so enables a better appreciation of the social conditions that produce trauma and the problems, conflicts and dilemmas that bring women into the criminal justice net. In Coming Back to Jail, Comack shows how — despite recent moves to be more “gender responsive” — the prisoning of women is ultimately more punishing than empowering. What is more, because the sources of the women’s trauma reside in the systemic processes that have contoured their lives and their communities, true healing will require changing women’s social circumstances on the outside so they no longer keep coming back to jail.