Gender, Geography, and Punishment
Author | : Judith Pallot |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 303 |
Release | : 2012-10-04 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780199658619 |
ISBN-13 | : 0199658617 |
Rating | : 4/5 (617 Downloads) |
Download or read book Gender, Geography, and Punishment written by Judith Pallot and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2012-10-04 with total page 303 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gaining access to a number of penal colonies to interview prisoners, the authors show that much in the Russian prison system today is a direct inheritance from the Soviet period with the result that, despite wide-ranging the reforms since 1991, the Russian penal experience for women is still uniquely painful.