Outlaw Women: Prison, Rural Violence, and Poverty in the New American West

by Rhett Epler, Susan Dewey, Rosemary Bratton, et al.

Book Overview

A journey into the experiences of incarcerated women in rural areas, revealing how location can reinforce gendered violence

Incarceration is all too often depicted as an urban problem, a male problem, a problem that disproportionately affects people of color. This book, however, takes readers to the heart of the struggles of the outlaw women of the rural West, considering how poverty and gendered violence overlap to keep women literally...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1479887439
• ISBN13: 9781479887439
• Release Date: August 2019
• Publisher: New York University Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 8.9"