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Age, Role Changes and Gender Power in Family Relationships

The Experiences of Older Female Partners of Male Prisoners

Bibliographic Data

ID20394161
AuthorsHelen Codd (University of Lancashire, corresponding author)
Year2000
Volume12
Issue2-3
Pages63-93
Publication date2000-11-08
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueWomen & Criminal Justice (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0897-4454 • E-ISSN: 1541-0323
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1300/j012v12n02_05
OpenAlexW2313190754
LanguageEN
Citations received9
References cited29

This article explores the effect of a prison sentence on an inmate's female partner, with particular reference to the impact on ‘older’ women. Drawing on the findings of an empirical qualitative research study and the existing literature, this article considers the gender role changes prompted by imprisonment, and the strategies utilized by women in coping with consequent strain. The gendered nature of the impact of imprisonment is explored, and the article concludes by drawing on multidisciplinary feminist perspectives in criminology and family studies to assess the centrality of institutionalized ‘traditional’ expectations of appropriate women's behavior to women's experiences of, and responses to, male imprisonment

Centrality · Criminology · Developmental psychology · Empirical research · Epistemology · Imprisonment · Multidisciplinary approach · Prison · Qualitative research · Sentence · Social science · Sociology · Child Abuse and Trauma · Clinical Psychology · Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis · Gender Studies · Psychology · Psychopathy, Forensic Psychiatry, Sexual Offending · Social Psychology

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