Incarcerating Motherhood: The Enduring Harms of First Short Periods of Imprisonment on Mothers

ISBN-13: 9781138740068 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 256 str.

Isla Masson

Opis

Incarcerating Motherhood explores how initial short period in prisons can negatively impact mothers and their children.

Spis treści

Acknowledgements; Part 1: Providing the Context; Chapter 1: Why Women? Why Mothers?; Chapter 2: Problematic Use of Short Periods of Incarceration; Chapter 3: Giving the Unheard a Voice; Chapter 4: Maternal Pains of Imprisonment; Part 2: Material Consequences; Chapter 5: Finances; Chapter 6: Education and Employment; Chapter 7: Housing; Part 3: Consequences to Health and Wellbeing; Chapter 8: Physical Health; Chapter 9: Addictions; Chapter 10: Psychological Harm; Part 4: Forgotten Victims of Crime; Chapter 11: Being Mothered From a Distance; Chapter 12: Pre-Existing Disadvantages; Chapter 13: Intensifying or Minimising Harm; Chapter 14: Conclusions and Recommendations; References; Index

O autorze

Isla Masson is a Lecturer in Criminology at the University of Leicester. Her research interests predominately lie in incarceration, female offending and restorative justice. She previously co led a project with Restorative Justice Council funded by the Barrow Cadbury Trust, she currently volunteers with the Independent Monitoring Board at HMP Onley, co-founded the Women, Families, Crime and Justice Network, and has helped created a social enterprise at HMP Ryehill.