Adrian Howe is Lecturer in Legal Studies at La Trobe University, Australia.
Acknowledgements Introduction 1. Political economies of punishment 2. 'New histories of punishment regimes 3. The Foucault Effect: from penology to penality 4. Feminist analytical approaches to women's imprisonment 5. Postmodern feminism and the question of penalty 6. Towards a postmodern penal politic? Bibliography|
Cross-disciplinary text which encompasses criminology, penology, sociology of social control and women's studies
First text examining penology from a feminist point of view, challenging the masculine framework critical analysis of punishment including that of the leading UK scholar, David Garland
Suggests need for an extremely new approach to 'social analysis of penology'
Provides overview of critical scholarship on punishment over the past 25 years
Introduction; Chapter 1 Political economies of punishment; Chapter 2 `New´ histories of punishment regimes; Chapter 3 The Foucault effect: from penology to penality; Chapter 4 Feminist analytical approaches to women's imprisonment; Chapter 5 Postmodern feminism and the question of penality; Chapter 6 Towards a postmodern penal politics?;
Feminist analysis of the range of critical perspectives on punishment leads to argument that a fuller social understanding of punishment must be informed by feminist research on women's imprisonment.
`The book is extremely well researched and I found myself making a lengthy list of new references to follow up ... makes a stimulating contribution to the debate about the future of penology and its relevance to feminism (and vise versa). At the same time, however, its detailed discussion of the development of modern penal studies will ensure it a market as a useful student textbook.' Journal of Law and Society.
Feminist analysis of the range of critical perspectives on punishment leads to argument that a fuller social understanding of punishment must be informed by feminist research on women's imprisonment.
Über den Autor
Adrian Howe is Lecturer in Legal Studies at La Trobe University, Australia.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Introduction; Chapter 1 Political economies of punishment; Chapter 2 'New' histories of punishment regimes; Chapter 3 The Foucault effect: from penology to penality; Chapter 4 Feminist analytical approaches to women's imprisonment; Chapter 5 Postmodern feminism and the question of penality; Chapter 6 Towards a postmodern penal politics?;
