Rani Dhavan Shankardass

Of Women 'Inside'

Prison Voices from India

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Based on original research and personal encounters, this book narrates the real-life-stories of women locked up in Indian prisons for alleged or actual violations of the state's criminal laws, contextualising women offenders' experiences of the criminal justice system and of state custodial institutions.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: CRC Press
• Seitenzahl: 338
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. Januar 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 390g
• ISBN-13: 9781138662575
• ISBN-10: 1138662577
• Artikelnr.: 44827273

Autorenporträt

Rani Dhavan Shankardass is Secretary-General, Penal Reform and Justice Association (PRAJA), India, and Honorary President of Penal Reform International (UK).

Inhaltsangabe

List of Plates. Acknowledgements. Introduction 1. Saloni's Choice 2.
Rukhsana doesn't Belong Here 3. The Maiming of Mumta 4. Bina's Fourteen
Years of jailvas 5. Hasina, the Husband Slayer 6. Vimla to Pagal Hai
(Vimla is Insane) 7. Shobhavati: Married at Ten, Thirteen Children, There
Survive 8. Urvashi: 'In a Woman's Body' 9. Lakshmi: 'Long Live the
Revolution' 10. Raziya: I am Staff and Imprisoned. Conclusions and New
Beginnings. Bibliography. About the Author. Index