Narratives of self and identity in women's prisons: Stigma and the struggle for self-definition in penal regimes

Punishment and Society

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 571-591

  Rowe, Abigail ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

identity; imprisonment; resistance; self; women prisoners

Indexed keywords

EID: 83755196665     PISSN: 14624745     EISSN: 17413095     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1462474511422151     Document Type: Article

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