| Global Lockdown: Race, Gender, and the Prison-Industrial Complex Contributor(s): Sudbury, Julia (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0415950570 ISBN-13: 9780415950572 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $65.54 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2005 Annotation: The recent explosion in women's imprisonment in the US--a 2,800 percent increase from 1970 to 2001--and around the world has received little critical analysis. Women of color, immigrants, and indigenous women, in particular, have been targeted by "tough on crime" policies and the global war on drugs, making them the majority inside prison walls while still the minority outside of them. The symbiotic relationship between private prison corporations and the state criminal justice system has also led to harsher sentencing and enforcement, causing prison overcrowding and creating a demand for more prison construction. This collection of essays provides a new analysis of women's imprisonment, shifting the focus from women's behavior to the role of the state, corporations, and the media in fueling prison expansion. The contributors argue that the rise in women's criminalization worldwide is shaped by global factors, from free trade agreements and neoliberal restructuring to multinational corporate expansion. While much analysis has focused on imprisoned men, scholars have neglected to look at the way race, gender, class and nation affect the criminalization of women of color. The essays engage in such controversial topics as "drug mules," immigrant trafficking, and the war on terror. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Penology - Social Science | Women's Studies - Social Science | Criminology |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 2004013889 |
| Physical Information: 0.72" H x 6.54" W x 8.98" (1.04 lbs) 352 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - Multicultural - Sex & Gender - Feminine |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Global Lockdown is the first book to apply a transnational feminist framework to the study of criminalization and imprisonment. The distinguished contributors to this collection offer a variety of perspectives, from former prisoners to advocates to scholars from around the world. The book is a must-read for anyone concerned by mass incarceration and the growth of the prison-industrial complex within and beyond U.S. borders, as well as those interested in globalization and resistance. |