Offending Women
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Offending Women: Female Lawbreakers and the Criminal Justice System
By Anne WorrallCentral to this knowing process is the 'knowing subject'—the 'self' that interacts with 'society' (Mead 1934). But the emergence of the self is a complex process, in which the acquisition of language is crucial.
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Offending Women: Female Lawbreakers and the Criminal Justice System
By Anne WorrallFemale offenders experience very different treatment from male offenders at the hands of the courts and welfare agencies. In Offending Women, former probation officer Anne Worrall draws on detailed empirical...
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Offending Women: Power, Punishment, and the Regulation of Desire
By Lynne Allison Haney"Lynne Haney is already an important voice in the sociology of welfare but this book marks her debut as a major figure in the sociology of punishment and the study of governmentality.
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Offending Women: Power, Punishment, and the Regulation of Desire
By Lynne HaneyAs a result, the divide became spatial: because thesestaff memberstended to spend their days workingonthe first ... came to Visions with psychological tool kits to promote “holistic healing” through self discoveryand selfunderstanding.
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Offending Women: Female Lawbreakers and the Criminal Justice System
By Anne WorrallBased on hundreds of interviews with magistrates, solicitors, psychiatrists, probabtion officers, and particularly female lawbreakers themselves this book is key for those studying criminology and women's studies as well as for ...