Breaking Women : : Gender, Race, and the New Politics of Imprisonment /

Breaking Women : : Gender, Race, and the New Politics of Imprisonment / / Jill A. McCorkel.

Winner of the 2014 Division of Women and Crime Distinguished Scholar Award presented by the American Society of CriminologyFinalist for the 2013 C. Wright Mills Book Award presented by the Society for the Study of Social ProblemsCompelling interviews uncover why tough drug policies disproportionatel...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter New York University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2000-2013
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McCorkel, Jill A.,
Place / Publishing House:New York, NY : : New York University Press, , [2013]
©2013
Year of Publication:2013
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource :; 2 black and white illustrations
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction. Searching for Red’s Self
  • Part I. The End of Rehabilitation
  • 1. Getting Tough on Women
  • 2. Taking Over
  • 3. From Good Girls to Real Criminals
  • Part II. The Practice of Habilitation
  • 4. The Eyes Are Watching You
  • 5. Diseased Women
  • Part III. Contesting the Boundaries of Self
  • 6. Rentin’ Out Your Head
  • 7. Unruly Selves
  • Conclusion. What If the Cure Is Worse Than the Disease?
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • INDEX
  • About the Author

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