Women, Reentry and Employment

ISBN-13: 9780367770396 / Miękka / 2023 / 176 str.

Anita Grace

Opis

Women, Reentry and Employment: Criminalized and Employable? explores the conflicting discourses about employment for women who are exiting prison. It empirically outlines the landscape of employability supports available to reentering women.

Spis treści

1. Introduction: Women, reentry, and employment
2. Making women ‘ready’: Employment supports for reentering women
3. 'You want them to know you, not know the inmate': Managing the stigma of criminal records
4. "These women are so broken": The broken, criminalized woman
5. Being ‘work ready’ and the determinants of success
6. Being a ‘working person’: Engagement, ambivalence, and rejection
7. Conclusion: Criminalized and employable

O autorze

Anita Grace received her PhD in Law and Legal Studies at Carleton University, Canada. Her research bridges studies in critical criminology with research on gender, feminist scholarship, and employment and also includes theories of governance and discipline and coping and resilience. She teaches Criminal Justice System, Social Justice, and Human Rights at Carleton University.