Separation or mixing: issues for young women prisoners in Aotearoa New Zealand prisons.

dc.contributor.authorGoldingay, Sophie Jennifer Elizabeth
dc.date.accessioned2010-04-15T21:33:35Z
dc.date.available2010-04-15T21:33:35Z
dc.date.issued2009en
dc.description.abstractYoung women who serve time in adult prisons in New Zealand mix with adult prisoners, unless it is not considered safe to do so. If they do not mix, they serve their sentence in relative isolation, unable to participate in programs, recreation or other aspects of prison life. This is in contrast to male youth in prison who are placed in have specialised youth units to mitigate against the perceived negative effects of mixing with adult prisoners. Using discursive strategies to analyse texts from semi-structured interviews with young women in Aotearoa New Zealand (NZ) prisons and focus group interviews with iwi representatives, this study offers a challenge to dominant framings of both young and adult women prisoners. The study has shown that young women prisoners’ resilience is likely to be strengthened, and opportunities for health and well-being improved, within stable relationships with adults with whom they relate. Whanau-type structures in prison are in keeping with indigenous values and have the potential to provide mentoring relationships which may broaden the current limited subjectivities experienced by young women prisoners.en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10092/3740
dc.identifier.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.26021/4910
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherUniversity of Canterbury. Social Work and Human Servicesen
dc.relation.isreferencedbyNZCUen
dc.rightsCopyright Sophie Jennifer Elizabeth Goldingayen
dc.rights.urihttps://canterbury.libguides.com/rights/thesesen
dc.subjectWomenen
dc.subjectyoungen
dc.subjectprisonersen
dc.subjectage-mixingen
dc.subjectpost-structuralismen
dc.titleSeparation or mixing: issues for young women prisoners in Aotearoa New Zealand prisons.en
dc.typeTheses / Dissertations
thesis.degree.disciplineSocial Work
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Canterburyen
thesis.degree.levelDoctoralen
thesis.degree.nameDoctor of Philosophyen
uc.bibnumber1323471
uc.collegeFaculty of Artsen
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