Mothering and Desistance in Re-Entry

ISBN-13: 9781138652590 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 126 str.

Venezia Michalsen

Opis

Although there is plentiful research on the impact of marriage, employment and the military on desistance from criminal behaviour in the lives of men, far less is known about the factors most important to women's desistance. Imprisoned women are far more likely than their male counterparts to be the primary caretakers of children before their incarceration, and are far more likely to intend to reunify with their children upon their release from incarceration. This book focuses on the role of mothering in women's desistance from criminal behaviour.
Drawing on original research, 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. It outline the ways in which race, gender, class, nationality, gender identity, and other characteristics affect mothering and desistance, and explores the tensions between individual and system-level factors in the consideration of desistance.

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.