Mothers in prison : an examination of familial ideology and social control in the Burnaby Correctional Centre for Women
Year: 1995
Type: article
Abstract: The topic of mothers in prison has received a considerable amount of academic attention.Existing research can generally be described as descriptive, exploratory, anecdotal, and atheoretical in nature.This thesis draws upon the work of feminist theorists who have studied the effects that societal expectations about "appropriatew gender role behaviour, based on patriarchal relations, have on the sentencing and imprisonment of women.As an exploratory research project, this thesis examines the effects of familial ideology on the social control of mothers incarcerated in the Burnaby Correctional Centre for Women (B.C.C.W.).This research involved the administration of a structured interview to 20 incarcerated mothers at B.C.C.W.; content analysis of the correctional case management files for all of the prisoners detained in B.C.C.W. during a two week period in June, 1993 to determine how many were mothers of dependent children (18 years or younger); and, an examination of the policies, procedures and programming of B.C.C.W. that relate specifically to incarcerated mothers.Interview results indicate that incarcerated mothers experience specific, intensive forms of social control in iii CHAPTER I ' Chesler (1987:410) notes that Elizabeth Parsons Ware
Source: Summit (Simon Fraser University)
Author: Elizabeth Mary Shields
Language: English
Subfield: Sociology and Political Science
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W187424474