Gender and Prisons

Dana M. Britton, Professor Gerald Mars, Professor David Nelken

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Ashgate Publishing Limited
22 December 2005

Gender studies, gender groups; Prisons; Law & society

Series: International Library of Criminology, Criminal Justice and Penology - Second Series

Prison is unquestionably one of the most sex-segregated of all social institutions. From the first incarnations of the carceral project more than two centuries ago, reformers and penologists earnestly turned their attention to the construction of 'Christian gentlemen' and 'respectable ladies'. Vestiges of these projects remain to the present day, though often in radically different forms.

Academic work exploring the construction of prison related gender has been a relatively recent development within the last quarter century. Included in this volume are twenty-two key articles exploring prison history, the state and gendered social control, gender and work in prisons and the gendered experience of incarceration. The introductory essay places these areas in the context both of more conventional sociologies of gender (highlighting both masculinities and femininities) and traditional scholarship on the prison, arguing for a return of this increasingly important social institution from the instrumentalist domains of criminal justice to the heart of sociological theorizing on topics of gender and social control.

Edited by: Dana M. Britton
Series edited by: Professor Gerald Mars, Professor David Nelken
Imprint: Ashgate Publishing Limited
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: New edition
Dimensions: Height: 246mm, Width: 174mm, Spine: 244mm
Weight: 1.020kg
ISBN: 9780754625131
ISBN 10: 0754625133
Series: International Library of Criminology, Criminal Justice and Penology - Second Series
Pages: 516
Publication Date: 22 December 2005
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational , A / AS level , Further / Higher Education
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Dana M. Britton is Associate Professor of Sociology in the Department of Sociology, Anthropology and Social Work, at Kansas State University, USA. Contributors: Mark E. Kann, Angela Y Davis, L. Mara Dodge, G. Hunt, J. Mellor, J. Turner, Bronwyn Dalley, Regina G. Kunzel, Rosemary Gartner, Candace Kruttschnitt, Kelly Hannah-Moffat, J. Sim, Lynne Haney, Jill Mccorkel, Carolyn Newton, Eamonn Carrabine, Brian Longhurst, Dana M. Britton, Louise Farnsworth, Malcolm Cowburn, Amy Miller, Rosemary Garnter, Candace Kruttschnitt, M. Nandi, Mary Bosworth, Megan L. Comfort.