Criminal Women: Gender Matters

by Sharon Grace, Maggie O'Neill, Tammi Walker, Hannah King, Lucy Baldwin

Overview

Accounts of female offenders’ journeys into the criminal justice system are often silenced or marginalized. Featuring a Foreword from Pat Carlen and inspired by her seminal book ‘Criminal Women’, this collection uses participatory, inclusive and narrative methodologies to highlight the lived experiences of women involved with the criminal justice system. It presents studies focused on drug use and supply, sex work, sexual exploitation and experiences of imprisonment. Bringing together cutting-edge feminist research, this book exposes the intersecting oppressions and social control often central to women’s experiences of the justice system and offers invaluable insights for developing penal policies that account for the needs of women.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781529208412
Publisher:	Bristol University Press
Publication date:	03/01/2022
Edition description:	First Edition
Pages:	194
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x (d)

About the Author

Sharon Grace is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Social Policy and Social Work at the University of York. Maggie O’Neill is Professor of Sociology and Criminology and Head of Department at the UniversityCollege Cork. Tammi Walker is Professor of Forensic Psychology and College Principal at Durham University. Hannah King is Associate Professor of Sociology at Durham University. Lucy Baldwin is Senior Lecturer in Criminology, Health and Life Sciences at De Montfort University. Alison Jobe is Assistant Professor of Sociology at Durham University. Orla Lynch is Senior Lecturer in Criminology and Director of Research for the Department of Sociology and Criminology at UniversityCollege Cork. Fiona Measham is Chair in Criminology at the University of Liverpool and Director of The Loop. Kate O'Brien is Assistant Professor in Criminology and Criminal Justice at Durham University. Vicky Seaman is a Support Worker with the Cork Alliance Centre and a PhD Criminology candidate at UniversityCollege Cork.

Table of Contents

Foreword – Pat Carlen Introduction – Sharon Grace, Maggie O’Neill, Tammi Walker, Hannah King, Lucy Baldwin, Alison Jobe, Orla Lynch, Fiona Measham, Kate O’Brien and Vicky Seaman 1. Hearing the Voices of Women Involved in Drugs and Crime – Sharon Grace 2. Knifing Off? The Inadequacies of Desistance Frameworks for Women in the Criminal Justice System in Ireland – Vicky Seaman and Orla Lynch 3. Sex Work, Criminalisation and Stigma: Towards a Feminist Criminological Imagination – Maggie O’Neill and Alison Jobe 4. Criminal Women in Prison Who Self-harm: What Can We Learn from Their Experiences? – Tammi Walker 5. Criminal Mothers: The Persisting Pains of Maternal Imprisonment – Lucy Baldwin, with Mary Elwood and Cassie Brown 6. ‘The World Split Open’: Writing, Teaching and Learning with Women in Prison – Hannah King, Kate O’Brien and Fiona Measham, with Verity-Fee, Phoenix, Iris and Angel 7. Women’s Biographies through Prison – Verity-Fee, Phoenix, Iris and Angel, with Hannah King, Kate O’Brien and Fiona Measham Afterword – Loraine Gelsthorpe

What People are Saying About This

From the Publisher

"A fitting rejoinder to Carlen's 'Criminal Women', this engaging collection offers real insights into the lived experiences of women involved in our criminal justice system and the chasm that remains between the criminal and social justice responses." Jane Scoular, University of Strathclyde

“In this inspiring and topical collection, scholars from the Criminal Women Voice, Justice and Recognition Network imaginatively bring to the fore the important voices and experiences of women in conflict with the law.” Loraine Gelsthorpe, University of Cambridge

"These vivid accounts from women caught up in the criminal justice system, alongside academic analysis, provide compelling insights and emphasize the ongoing need for constructive change in this area of penal policy and practice." Jill Annison, University of Plymouth