Resisting Carceral Violence Women's Imprisonment and the Politics of Abolition

Resisting Carceral Violence Women's Imprisonment and the Politics of Abolition / by Bree Carlton, Emma K. Russell.

This book explores the dramatic evolution of a feminist movement that mobilised to challenge a women’s prison system in crisis. Through in-depth historical research conducted in the Australian state of Victoria that spans the 1980s and 1990s, the authors uncover how incarcerated women have worked pr...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Carlton, Bree (Author), Russell, Emma K. (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
Edition:1st ed. 2018.
Series:Springer eBook Collection.
Subjects:
Critical criminology.
Corrections.
Punishment.
Criminology.
Feminist theory.
Electronic resources (E-books)
Online Access:Click to view e-book
Holy Cross Note:Loaded electronically.
Electronic access restricted to members of the Holy Cross Community.
Table of Contents:
  • Part 1: Carceral Violence and Official Responses
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Resisting Carceral Violence from the Inside Out
  • 3. Official Responses to Carceral Violence and the Limits of Reform
  • Part 2: Anti-Carceral Geographies of Resistance
  • 4. Women Against Prison: Anti-Carceral Feminist Critiques of Prison
  • 5. The Fairlea Wring Outs: Confronting the Prison Wall
  • 6. The 'Save Fairlea' Vigil: Abolitionist Imaginings and Unexpected Outcomes
  • Part 3: Consolidation and Expansion
  • 7. The Privatisation Era
  • 8. Conclusion. .

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