Women, Stigma, and Desistance from Crime: Precarious Identities in the Transition to Adulthood

by Gilly Sharpe

How do young women negotiate their identity in the shadow of a criminal past? What expectations can these women have and what constraints do they face in embracing change and reform?

In this new book, Gilly Sharpe returns to the group of women interviewed in her bestselling book Offending Girls, to ask these questions and more. Building on wide-ranging interviews with young adult women who have experienced a highly punitive climate...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1032564288
• ISBN13: 9781032564289
• Release Date: January 2024
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 204 Pages
• Weight: 0.99 lbs.