Resisting Carceral Violence

Women's Imprisonment and the Politics of Abolition

Häftad, Engelska, 2020

AvBree Carlton,Emma K. Russell

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This book explores the dramatic evolution of a feminist movement that mobilised to challenge a women’s prison system in crisis.

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Utgivningsdatum2020-02-18
Mått148 x 210 x 19 mm
Vikt382 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor268
FörlagSpringer Nature Switzerland AG
ISBN9783030403881

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Bree Carlton is a Senior Lecturer in Criminology, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Deakin University, Australia. Her research explores strategies for preventing and resisting against prison generated violence and harm. Bree authored Imprisoning Resistance (Federation Press 2007) and is co-editor of Women Exiting Prison (Routledge 2013).Emma K. Russell is a Lecturer in Crime, Justice and Legal Studies in the Department of Social Inquiry at La Trobe University, Australia. Her work has been published in various journals, including Theoretical Criminology, Critical Criminology and Crime Media Culture.

Part 1: Carceral Violence and Official Responses.- 1. Introduction.- 2. Resisting Carceral Violence from the Inside Out.- 3. Official Responses to Carceral Violence and the Limits of Reform.- Part 2: Anti-Carceral Geographies of Resistance.- 4. Women Against Prison: Anti-Carceral Feminist Critiques of Prison.- 5. The Fairlea Wring Outs: Confronting the Prison Wall.- 6. The 'Save Fairlea' Vigil: Abolitionist Imaginings and Unexpected Outcomes.- Part 3: Consolidation and Expansion.- 7. The Privatisation Era.- 8. Conclusion.