Provides a comprehensive account of the imprisonment of women for politically motivated offences in Northern Ireland between 1972 and 1999. This work brings out the qualitatively distinctive character and punitive ethos of regimes of political imprisonment for women, exploring the dynamics of their internal organisation.
| Autor: | Corcoran, Mary (Keele University) |
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| ISBN: | 9781843921639 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Produktart: | Gebunden |
| Verlag: | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Veröffentlicht: | 01.02.2006 |
Mary Corcoran is a Lecturer in Criminology at Keele University. Some of her recent publications include: 'Normalization and its discontents - Constructing the 'irreconcilable' female political prisoner in northern Ireland'. British Journal of Criminology, vol. 47(3), 405-422 (2007); '"Talking about resistance": women political prisoners and the dynamics of prison conflict, Northern Ireland' in Expanding the Criminological Imagination: Critical Readings in Criminology, Barton A, Corteen K, Scott D, Whyte D eds (Willan, 2006).