Criminal Women: Gender Matters

Front Cover -- Criminal Women: Gender Matters -- Copyright Information -- Table Of Contents -- List Of Figures And Table -- Notes On The Authors -- Acknowledgments -- Foreword -- Introduction -- An Overview Of Women In The Cjs -- Overview Of The Book -- References -- 1 Hearing The Voices Of Women Involved In Drugs And Crime -- Part One: Background -- Childhood And Adult Victimisation, Trauma, Abuse And Neglect -- Mental Health And Co-morbidity -- Relationships, Family And Social Support -- Part Two: Hearing Women's Voices -- History Of Drug Use -- Reasons For Drug Use -- Motivation To Stop Being In Recovery -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- 2 Knifing Off? The Inadequacies Of Desistance Frameworks For Women In The Criminal Justice System In Ireland -- Social Roles And Gendered Crime -- Pathways: Intersection Of Victimisation, Mental Illness, Substance Misuse And Crime -- Poverty, Gender And Social Responsibilities -- Desistance: A Gendered Process -- Motherhood -- Relationships -- Desistance, Employment And Social Responsibilities -- Hearing Women's Voices: A Content Analysis Of The Interviews -- Results And Discussion -- Conclusion -- Note -- References 3 Sex Work, Criminalisation And Stigma: Towards A Feminist Criminological Imagination -- Feminist Criminological Imagination -- The Importance Of Subjective Experiences And Autobiographical Accounts -- Biographical And Participatory Methods In Criminology -- Ethical Principles And Challenges Of Par -- Sex Work And Sex Working -- Hidden Stories: Peer Research With Female Sex Workers -- Why Sell Sex? -- Encounters With Criminal Justice Agencies -- Reporting Violence -- Impact Of Criminalisation And Sex Work Stigma -- Prison -- Women's Stories: Walking And Talking With Kath And Nina -- Kath's Story Nina's Story -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- 4 Criminal Women In Prison Who Self-harm: What Can We Learn From Their Experiences? -- Background -- Self-harm And Imprisoned Women -- Women Offenders Repeat Self-harm Intervention Pilot Ii (worship Ii) -- Psychological Functions Of Self-harm -- Intrapersonal Functions -- Interpersonal Functions -- What Can We Learn From Imprisoned Women's Experiences? -- Reflections On Criminal Women (1985) And Imprisoned Women Who Self-harm -- Prisons For Women: Incorporating Trauma-informed Care And Practice -- Conclusion -- References 5 Criminal Mothers: The Persisting Pains Of Maternal Imprisonment -- Mary -- Cassie -- Discussion -- Motherhood, Spoiled Identity And Desistance: A Complicated Relationship -- Conclusion -- Author's Note -- Notes -- References -- 6 'the World Split Open': Writing, Teaching And Learning With Women In Prison -- The Inside-out Prison Exchange Programme And Think Tanks -- Origins Of This Writing Project -- 'the World Split Open' -- Reflections On Our Approach: Women, Prisons And Violence(s) -- Concluding Thoughts -- Notes -- References -- 7 Women's Biographies Through Prison -- Verity-fee Sharon Grace [and 9 Others] ; With A Foreword By Pat Carlen And An Afterword By Loraine Gelsthorpe. Verity-fee's Writing. Electronic Reproduction. Baltimore, Md Available Via World Wide Web.