Imprisonment and migrant women

Historically, there has been a different way of punishing men and women who have violated criminal or social laws. For women, a type of treatment and control has been developed that has defined them as transgressors not only of criminal laws, but also of their feminine condition. This double conditi...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores: Almeda, Elisabet, Camps Calvet, Clara
Tipo de recurso: capítulo de libro
Estado:Versión aceptada para publicación
Fecha de publicación:2025
País:España
Institución:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)
Repositorio:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunya
OAI Identifier:oai:recercat.cat:2445/218099
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/2445/218099
Access Level:acceso embargado
Palabra clave:Dones immigrants
Empresonament
Discriminació sexual
Women immigrants
Imprisonment
Sex discrimination
Descripción
Sumario:Historically, there has been a different way of punishing men and women who have violated criminal or social laws. For women, a type of treatment and control has been developed that has defined them as transgressors not only of criminal laws, but also of their feminine condition. This double condition has led to severe discrimination in the way punishment is applied, which in fact has been forged and consolidated historically since the appearance of the first women’s prisons up to the present day. In the current framework of policies of control and criminalization of foreign population flows, many migrant women, especially Latin American, enter the illegal drug business, due to economic needs, unemployment or as a survival strategy.(...)