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

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TextPublication details: London: University of California Press, 2010Description: 287 pISBN: 9780520261907Subject(s): Female offenders -- California -- Case studies Female offenders -- Rehabilitation -- California -- Case studies Correctional institutions -- California -- Case studiesDDC classification: 365.4309794

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.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
General Books	Central Library, Sikkim University General Book Section	365.4309794 HAN/O (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		P15360

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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.

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