Women in Trouble: Connecting Women`s Law Violation to their Histories of Abuse

by Elizabeth Comack

Overview

This book addresses two areas of feminist scholarship—the recognition of violence against women and the endeavor to make visible the lives of women in prison. Beginning with personal accounts of trouble with the law and using a combination of socialist and standpoint feminism, the collection presents the stories of 24 incarcerated women.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781895686616
Publisher:	Fernwood Publishing
Publication date:	04/28/1996
Pages:	150
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.38(d)

About the Author

Elizabeth Comack is a professor of Sociology at the University of Manitoba. Over the past three decades she has written and conducted research on a variety of social justice topics. Her most recent book is Racialized Policing: Aboriginal People’s Encounters with the Police (Fernwood 2012). Elizabeth’s current research projects stem from her involvement in the Manitoba Research Alliance’s SSHRC Partnership project, “Partnering for Change: Community-Based Solutions for Aboriginal and Inner-City Poverty.” Elizabeth leads the Justice, Safety, and Security stream of the project.