Desisting Sisters: Gender, Power and Desistance in the Criminal (In)Justice System - Hardcover

by Úna Barr (Author)

Outlines a feminist approach to desistance
Examines and analyses desistance journeys of women with community sentences, to fill a gap in the literature which has focused primarily on the experiences of males
Challenges the trajectory of policies for ensuring that women desist from crime

Appeals to academics interested in desistance, criminal justice, social justice and feminist theory as well as (ex) -offenders and practitioners within probation, prison, police services and voluntary agencies and policy makers

Author Biography

Úna Barr is Lecturer in Criminology at Liverpool John Moores University, UK. She completed her PhD at the University of Central Lancashire, conducting research into the plurality of female experiences of crime, the criminal justice system and the context-specific circumstances of processes that bring about change in offending. Her primary research interests include feminism, abolitionism and desistance.