Desisting Sisters

Gender, Power and Desistance in the Criminal (In)Justice System

Outlines a feminist approach to desistance

Examines and analyses desistance journeys of women with community sentences, to fill a gap in the literature which has focused primarily on the experiences of males
Challenges the trajectory of policies for ensuring that women desist from crime
Appeals to academics interested in desistance, criminal justice, social justice and feminist theory as well as (ex) -offenders and practitioners within probation, prison, police services and voluntary agencies and policy makers

April 2019, ca. 270 Seiten, Critical Criminological Perspectives, Englisch
Springer EN
978-3-030-14275-9

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