Description
Product ID: | 9780415051910 |
Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
Country of Manufacture: | GB |
Series: | Sociology of Law and Crime |
Title: | Punish and Critique |
Subtitle: | Towards a Feminist Analysis of Penality |
Authors: | Author: Adrian Howe |
Page Count: | 268 |
Subjects: | Regional / International studies, Regional studies, Social and ethical issues, Gender studies: women and girls, Sociology, Crime and criminology, Social issues & processes, Gender studies: women, Sociology, Crime & criminology |
Description: | Feminist analysis of the range of critical perspectives on punishment leads to argument that a fuller social understanding of punishment must be informed by feminist research on women's imprisonment. Acknowledgements Introduction 1. Political economies of punishment 2. ''New histories of punishment regimes 3. The Foucault Effect: from penology to penality 4. Feminist analytical approaches to women''s imprisonment 5. Postmodern feminism and the question of penalty 6. Towards a postmodern penal politic? Bibliography |
Imprint Name: | Routledge |
Publisher Name: | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
Country of Publication: | GB |
Publishing Date: | 1994-07-21 |