Breaking women
McCorkel, Jill A.
Breaking women gender, race, and the new politics of imprisonment / [electronic resource] : Jill A. McCorkel. - New York : New York University Press, [2013] - 1 online resource (xv, 272 pages )
Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-261) and index.
Getting tough on women: how punishment changed -- Taking over: the private company in the public prison -- From good girls to real criminals: race made visible -- The eyes are watching you: finding the real self -- Diseased women: crack whores, bad mothers, and welfare queens -- Rentin' out your head: navigating claims about the self -- Unruly selves: forms of prisoner resistance -- Conclusion: what if the cure is worse than the disease?
9780814789483 081478948x
Corrections--United States.
Women prisoners--Services for--United States.
Female offenders--Rehabilitation--United States.
Electronic books.
HV6791 / .M383 2013
365/.6082
Breaking women gender, race, and the new politics of imprisonment / [electronic resource] : Jill A. McCorkel. - New York : New York University Press, [2013] - 1 online resource (xv, 272 pages )
Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-261) and index.
Getting tough on women: how punishment changed -- Taking over: the private company in the public prison -- From good girls to real criminals: race made visible -- The eyes are watching you: finding the real self -- Diseased women: crack whores, bad mothers, and welfare queens -- Rentin' out your head: navigating claims about the self -- Unruly selves: forms of prisoner resistance -- Conclusion: what if the cure is worse than the disease?
9780814789483 081478948x
Corrections--United States.
Women prisoners--Services for--United States.
Female offenders--Rehabilitation--United States.
Electronic books.
HV6791 / .M383 2013
365/.6082