Corin Bailey

Gendered Responses to Male Offending in Barbados

Patriarchal Perceptions and Their Effect on Offender Treatment

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Produktbeschreibung

This book explores the decisions made by the various stakeholders who play a role in the incarceration of men in the Caribbean. It argues that these decisions are based on patriarchal perceptions and stereotypes related to familial roles of men and women, and by extension their motivations for offending.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: CRC Press
• Seitenzahl: 124
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. April 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 7mm
• Gewicht: 150g
• ISBN-13: 9780367499518
• ISBN-10: 0367499517
• Artikelnr.: 69894270

Autorenporträt

Corin Bailey is a Senior research Fellow at the Sir Arthur Lewis Institute of Social and Economic Studies at the University of the West Indies, Cave Hill Campus. He is a sociologist with a specific focus on crime and poverty-related research.

Inhaltsangabe

List of abbreviations
1 Introduction
2 Concepts and context
3 Gender and family relations in Barbados and the Caribbean
4 The intersection between male offending, civil society and the police
5 Gendered decision making in the courts
6 The voices of male offenders: responses to poverty and threatened
masculinity
7 Conclusion
References
Index