Résumé
It is old news that the conditions and policies of women's prisons are different from those for incarcerated men. Less evident, however, is how gender differences shape those policies, and how gender identity and roles shape women's adaptation and resistance to prison culture and control. The papers in this collection explore how the gender-based attitudes that women bring to prison frame how they respond to the prison environment — and how gender stereotypes continue to affect the treatment and opportunities of incarcerated women today. It looks particularly at how the personal and social problems imported into the prison setting become part of the intricate web of prison culture and how extensively women's prison experience reflects the control and domination they experienced in the outside world.
Contenu
1. Gendered control in prisons: the difference difference makes / Jim Thomas. – 2. "Doing gender" in a women's prison / Barbara H. Zaitzow. – 3. Gendered perceptions of dangerous or dependent women: "gun molls" and "fallen women" / Esther Heffernan. – 4. Women's stories of survival and resistance / Kathleen J. Ferraro & Angela M. Moe. – 5. Abused women and incarceration / Lori B. Girshick. – 6. Imprisoned mothers and their children / Susan.F. Sharp & M.Elaine Eriksen. – 7. Gender, race, and sexuality in prison / Mary Bosworth. – 8. Parallels in the prison experiences of women and men / Richard S. Jones & Thomas J. Schmid. – 9. Ultramasculine stereotypes and violence in the control of female inmates / Faith E. Lutze. – 10. Conclusion: moving forward / Jim Thomas.