Drawing on qualitative and quantitative research from around the world, this book brings together renowned international scholars to explore life-course perspectives on women's imprisonment. Instead of covering only one aspect of women's carceral experiences, this book offers a broader perspective that encompasses women's pathways to prison, their prison experiences and the effects of these experiences on their children's well-being, as well as their subsequent chances of desisting from crime.Encompassing perspectives from the Netherlands, Belgium, Denmark, Scotland, the United States, Ukraine and Sri Lanka, this book uncovers the similarities across time and space in women offenders' life histories and those of their children and examines the differences in women's experiences and trajectories by shedding light on the moderating effects of particular cultural contexts.
Lives of Incarcerated Women will be of interest to academics and students engaged in the study of punishment, penology, life-course criminology, women and crime and gender studies. It will also be of great interest to practitioners.
Introduction, Candace Kruttschnitt and Catrien Bijleveld Part I: Pathways to Prison 1. From juvie to jail: Gendered risk and protective factors for adult incarceration among high-risk institutionalized boys and girls in the Netherlands, Katharina J. Joosen, Mioara V. Zoutewelle-Terovan, Anne-marie Slotboom and Victor R. van der Geest 2. It all has to do with men. How abusive romantic relationships impact on female pathways to prison, An Nuytiens and Jenneke Christiaens 3. On the fringes: Female prisoners in Ukraine. Are they Unique?, Marianna Klochko, Alexei Serdyuk, Oleksandr Golovko and Olena Syniavska Part II: Imprisoned Mothers and their Children 4. Dynamics in the Caregiving situation of children of incarcerated mothers, Sanne Hissel, Mirjam Oosterman, Catrien Bijleveld, Peter van der Laan and Carlo Schuengel 5. Growing up with an incarcerated mother: Life course trajectories of children of incarcerated mothers in Denmark, Rikke Fuglsang Olsen and Signe Frederiksen Part III: Desistance 6. Perceptions of police legitimacy among female sex workers in Sri Lanka, Madeleine Novich 7. Women offender's perception of treatment by police and courts, Jennifer Cobbina and Merry Morash 8. Women's re-incarceration: The influence of marriage and children, Elanie Rodermond, Anne-Marie Slotboom, and Mioara Zoutewelle-Terovan 9. Offending and desistance amongst young women, Gillian McIvor.
