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Offending women : power, punishment, and the regulation of desire / Lynne A. Haney.

Author/creator Haney, Lynne A. (Lynne Allison), 1967-
Other author/creatorAmerican Council of Learned Societies.
Format Electronic and Book
Publication InfoBerkeley : University of California Press,
Descriptionxii, 287 p. ; 23 cm.
Supplemental Content Full text available from ACLS Humanities E-Book
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Subject(s)
Female offenders--California --Case studies.
Female offenders--Rehabilitation --California --Case studies.
Correctional institutions--California --Case studies.
Contents Introduction: an ethnographic journey across states -- Limited government: training women what to need -- Deconstructing dependency: needs, rights, and the struggle for entitlement -- Hybrid states and government from a distance -- State therapeutics: training women what to want -- The empowerment myth: social vulnerability as personal pathology -- The enemies within: fighting the sisters and numbing the self -- Conclusion: states of disentitlement and the therapeutics of neoliberalism.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Access restrictionAvailable only to authorized users.
Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2009020586
ISBN9780520261907 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN0520261909 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN9780520261914 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN0520261917 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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