Older women in the criminal justice system : running out of time

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Older women in the criminal justice system : running out of time

Azrini Wahidin

Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2004

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 215-232) and indexes

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  • Women and the criminal justice system : discipline and punish
  • From court to prison : women on the edge of time
  • Prison life : now you see me now you don't
  • Running out of time
  • Healthcare and the cost of imprisonment
  • Within these walls : older women in custody
  • Forget me not : older women in the criminal justice system
  • Concluding comments : responses to ageing -- women in the criminal justice system

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What is life like for the women who grow old behind bars? Azrini Wahidin examines in-depth the experiences and needs of this overlooked group. What happens to the identity and mental health of these women who are closed off from the outside world and without familial networks? What does it feel like to have to carve out a new version of your private self, in a public space? Wahidin shows how ageist and sexist attitudes in criminal procedures and penal policy regulate and discipline the ageing body. She also highlights the failures of practical provisions in prisons to meet the particular needs of this group. Illuminating reading for all those working in the prison services, probation, and the courts, and an important addition to the wider criminology punishment-rehabiliation debate, Older Women in the Criminal Justice System offers a rare view of what happens to the women who grow old in prison.

Table of Contents

Introduction. 1. Women and the Criminal Justice System: Discipline and Punish. 2. From Court to Prison: Women on the Edge of Time. 3. Prison Life: Now You See Me Now You Don't. 4. Counting the Cost of Imprisonment: Speaking Up? 5. Health Care and the Cost of Imprisonment. 6. Within These Walls: Older Women in Custody. 7. Forget Me Not: Criminal Women. 8. Responses to Ageing: Women in the Criminal Justice System. Index.

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