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Women's Imprisonment in Eastern Europe

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EMERALD STUDIES IN CRIMINOLOGY, FEMINISM AND SOCIAL CHANGE

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• Kate Fitz-Gibbon, School of Social Sciences at Monash University and Monash Gender and Family Violence Prevention Centre, Australia.

• Jude McCulloch, Monash University and Monash Gender and Family Violence Prevention Centre, Australia.

• JaneMaree Maher, Centre for Women’s Studies and Gender Research Sociology, Monash University, Australia.

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• Explanations, Self-change and Social Friction in Men’s Narratives of Sexual Violence Perpetration: How to Change the Past

  Anja Emilie Kruse

• Drilling Down on Patriarchy: Resource Extraction and Violence Against Women in Rural Places

  Walter S. DeKeseredy, Joseph F. Donnermeyer, Jayne Mooney and Fintan Mooney

• Carceral Feminicidio: The Disappearance of Indigenous Women into Prisons

  Gillian Balfour

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Women's Imprisonment in Eastern Europe: ‘Sitting out Time’

BY

ARTA JALILI IDRISSI

Staffordshire University, UK

United Kingdom – North America – Japan – India – Malaysia – China

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This book is for all the women who shared their collective and individual stories of pain, struggle, incredible strength, and survival.

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About the Author

Arta Jalili Idrissi is Lecturer in Criminology at Staffordshire University. She is currently a principal investigator for a research project on women’s prison visiting facilities and she is also a member of the Discrimination Incident Reporting Forms Scrutiny Panel in three local prisons.

Acknowledgements

As this book is based on a PhD dissertation, I am forever indebted to my PhD supervisors, Dr Patricia Gray and Dr Chris Pac-Soo. In particular, I owe gratitude to my Director of Studies, Dr Patricia Gray, who has provided continuous support and encouragement. I would also like to thank other university friends, especially Dr Iain Channing, Dr Viktoria Akchurina, Dr Panagia Voyatzis-Hernandez, Dr Grace Gallacher, and Christine Kennedy. This book would not be possible without help of specialists and gatekeepers in Latvia, so my gratitude goes to Dr Ilona Kronberga, Ilona Spure, and Inna Zlatkovska. I am forever grateful to my research participants who shared their struggles and allowed me into their worlds. I would like to thank my publishers from Emerald including Katy Mathers, Lauren Kammerdiener, and Kiruthika Andappan as well as my current employer – Staffordshire University for supporting this venture. A special thanks to my partner, family, and long-time friends on whom I can always rely – without you all, there would be no me.