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In search of safety : confronting inequality in women's imprisonment

Title
In search of safety : confronting inequality in women's imprisonment / Barbara Owen, James Wells, and Joycelyn Pollock.
Author
Owen, Barbara A.
Publication
Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2017]

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Additional Authors
  • Wells, James, Ph.D.
  • Pollock, Joycelyn M., 1956-
Description
xi, 260 pages; 23 cm.
Series Statement
Gender and justice
Uniform Title
Gender and justice series.
Subject
  • Women prisoners > United States > Social conditions
  • Prisons > Social aspects > United States
  • Women prisoners > Violence against > United States
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Intersectional inequality and women's imprisonment -- Pathways and intersecting inequality -- Prison community, prison conditions, and gendered harm -- Searching for safety through prison capital -- Inequalities and contextual conflict -- Intersections of inequality with correctional staff -- Gendered human rights and the search for safety.
ISBN
  • 9780520288713
  • 0520288718
  • 9780520288720
  • 0520288726
LCCN
  • 2016040309
  • 99971982546
OCLC
  • ocn958962904
  • 958962904
  • SCSB-5887812
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries