Breaking Women Gender, Race, and the New Politics of Imprisonment

Name: Breaking Women Gender, Race, and the New Politics of Imprisonment
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ISBN: 9780814761496

ISBN-10: 0814761496

ISBN-13: 9780814761496

Edition: 2013

Authors: Jill A. McCorkel

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Since the 1980s, when the War on Drugs kicked into high gear and prison populations soared, the increase in women’s rate of incarceration has steadily outpaced that of men. In Breaking Women, Jill A. McCorkel draws upon four years of on-the-ground research in a major US women’s prison to uncover why tougher drug policies have so greatly affected those incarcerated there, and how the very nature of punishment in women’s detention centers has been deeply altered as a result. Through compelling interviews with prisoners and state personnel, McCorkel reveals that popular so-called “habilitation” drug treatment programs force women to accept a view of themselves as inherently damaged, aberrant…

Book details

List price: $30.00
Copyright year: 2013
Publisher: New York University Press
Publication date: 8/5/2013
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 283
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.012
Language: English

Jill A. McCorkel is Associate Professor of Sociology at Villanova University.



Preface


Acknowledgments


Introduction: Searching for Red's Self



The End of Rehabilitation



Getting Tough on Women: How Punishment Changed



Taking Over: The Private Company in the Public Prison



From Good Girls to Real Criminals: Race Made Visible



The Practice of Habilitation



The Eyes Are Watching You: Finding the Real Self



Diseased Women: Crack Whores, Bad Mothers, and Welfare Queens



Contesting the Boundaries of Self



Rentin' Out Your Head: Navigating Claims about the Self



Unruly Selves: Forms of Prisoner Resistance


Conclusion: What If the Cure Is Worse Than the Disease?


Notes


Bibliography


Index


About the Author