| Description |
1 online resource (240 pages) : illustrations |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-232) and indexes. |
| Contents |
Women and the criminal justice system : discipline and punish -- From court to prison : women on the edge of time -- Prison life : now you see me now you don't -- Running out of time -- Healthcare and the cost of imprisonment -- Within these walls : older women in custody -- Forget me not : older women in the criminal justice system -- Concluding comments : responses to ageing -- women in the criminal justice system. |
| Summary |
'This timely, carefully researched and disturbing book emphasises the need for the government to take urgent action to provide for the distinct needs of all women who become subject to the Criminal Justice System. Imprisonment accelerates the process of ageing. Azrini Wahidin's description of the lack of humanity and decency in the way the increasing number of elderly women are currently treated accentuates the need for a Women's Justice Board to oversee essential improvement.'. - Sir David Ramsbotham, formerly Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Prisons. What is life like for the women who grow. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Women prisoners -- Great Britain.
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Women prisoners. |
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Great Britain. |
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Older prisoners -- Great Britain.
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Older prisoners. |
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Older offenders -- Great Britain.
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Older offenders. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Wahidin, Azrini, 1972- Older women in the criminal justice system. London ; Philadelphia : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2004 184310170X (DLC) 2004006410 (OCoLC)54778511 |
| ISBN |
1423710266 (electronic book) |
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9781423710264 (electronic book) |
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184642075X |
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9781846420757 |
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9781843101703 (paperback) |
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184310170X (paperback) |
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