Mothering and Desistance in Re-Entry

ISBN-13: 9780367583828 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 126 str.

Venezia Michalsen

Opis

This book explores the nature of mothering during incarceration, how mothers maintain a relationship with their children from behind bars and the ways in which mothering makes desistance more or less likely after incarceration.

Spis treści

Introduction,  1. Incarcerated women and mothers around the world,  2. Methods and theory,  3. Women and mothers coming home,  4. Mothering, desistance, and redemption,  5. The way forward

O autorze

Venezia Michalsen is an Associate Professor of Justice Studies at Montclair State University (MSU) in New Jersey. Before coming to MSU, she worked at the Women’s Prison Association (WPA) in New York City, an organization which provides direct services to women who have come into contact with the criminal justice system. She earned her B.A. at Barnard College, and her Ph.D. in Criminal Justice with a focus on Women and Justice, from the CUNY Graduate Center.