In a Box: Gender-Responsive Reform, Mass Community Supervision, and Neoliberal Policies

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Merry Morash

In a Box

Gender-Responsive Reform, Mass Community Supervision, and Neoliberal Policies

Merry Morash

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University of California Press
13 February 2024

Gender studies: women; Probation services; Criminal law & procedure

In a Box draws on the experiences of more than one hundred Michigan women on probation or parole to analyze how court, state, and federal policies hamper the state's efforts at gender-responsive reforms in community supervision. Closely narrating the stories of six of these women, Merry Morash shows how countervailing influences keep reform-oriented probation and parole agents and the women they supervise ""in a box."" Supervisory approaches that attempt to move away from punitive frameworks are limited or blocked by neoliberal social policies. Inspired by the interviewees' reflections on their own experiences, the book offers recommendations for truly effective reforms within and outside the justice system.

By: Merry Morash
Imprint: University of California Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 18mm
Weight: 363g
ISBN: 9780520393516
ISBN 10: 0520393511
Pages: 260
Publication Date: 13 February 2024
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Merry Morash is Professor of Criminal Justice and University Distinguished Professor at Michigan State University. She is the author of Women on Probation and Parole: A Feminist Critique of Community Programs and Services.

Reviews for In a Box: Gender-Responsive Reform, Mass Community Supervision, and Neoliberal Policies

""The book is exciting not only for feminist criminologists. It delivers topnotch qualitative research that is accessible to a wide range of readers and promises to make a dent in actual correctional practice."" * Gender & Society * ""...By providing a conduit to the voices and experiences of those currently in prison, Morash’s work offers a message of hope for scholars, policymakers, and community members: that the lives of those within the confines of correctional facilities have worth and deserve protection and respect."" * Theory in Action *