| Description |
1 online resource (x, 314 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Part I. Colonization and the social construction of deviance -- Worlds collide : new world, new Indians -- Racializing Montana : the creation of "Bad Indians" continues -- Part II. Creating dangerous women : narratives of imprisoned Native American and White women -- Prisoner profile : past and present -- Lives dictated by violence -- Experiences of women in prison : "They keep me at a level where they can control me" -- Rehabilitation or control : "What are they trying to do? Destroy me?" -- Motherhood imprisoned : images and concerns of imprisoned Mothers -- Double punishment : weak institutional support for imprisoned mothers -- Rehabilitation and healing of imprisoned Mothers -- Narrative of a Native woman on the outside : Gloria Wells Norlin (Ka min di tat) |
| Summary |
In this pathfinding study, Ross draws upon the life histories of imprisoned Native American women to demonstrate how race/ethnicity, gender, and class contribute to the criminalizing of various behaviors and subsequent incarceration rates. Drawing on the Native women's own words, she reveals the violence in their lives prior to incarceration, their respective responses to it, and how those responses affect their eventual criminalization and imprisonment. Comparisons with the experiences of white women in the same prison underline the significant role of race in determining women's experiences within the criminal justice system |
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Criminal justice, Administration of Montana |
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Indian prisoners Montana |
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Indian women Social conditions Montana |
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Racism Montana |
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Women prisoners Montana |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-305) and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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Indian prisoners -- Montana
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Criminal justice, Administration of -- Montana
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Women prisoners -- Montana
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Indian women -- Montana -- Social conditions
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Racism -- Montana
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Criminology.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / Native American Studies
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Criminal justice, Administration of
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Indian prisoners
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Indian women -- Social conditions
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Racism
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Women prisoners
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Montana
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
97021014 |
| ISBN |
9780292755901 |
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0292755902 |
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9780292787681 |
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0292787685 |
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