Punishment in Disguise : : Penal Governance and Canadian Women's Imprisonment / / Kelly Hannah-Moffat.

In "Punishment in Disguise", Kelly Hannah-Moffat presents a look at some current forms of penal governance in Canadian federal women's prisons. Hannah-Moffat uses women's imprisonment to theorize the complexity of penal power and to show how the meaning and content of women'...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013
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Place / Publishing House:Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2016]
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Year of Publication:2016
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (256 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • 1. Mothering the Flock: Maternal Discipline and Pastoral Power
  • 2. Mother Knows Best: The Development of Separate Institutions for Women
  • 3. Finding a New Home: From Kingston Penitentiary to the Prison for Women
  • 4. Laywomen's Expertise: Women's Prison Reform, 1945-70
  • 5. Breaking with Tradition: Feminist Reformers and the Empowerment of Women? 1970-96
  • 6. Empowering Prison: Neoliberal Governance
  • Conclusion: Stumbling Blocks, Growing Pains, or More of the Same?
  • Notes
  • References
  • Index