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Media, Politics and Penal Reform

Influencing Women's Punishment

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  • © 2017

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Authors:
  1. Gemma Birkett

    1. Department of Sociology, City, University of London, London, United Kingdom

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  • Draws on research grounded in author’s experience of policymaking at Westminster and Whitehall
  • Focuses on women’s penal policy and identifies challenges created by the social construction of the “ideal woman”
  • Provides practical methods for developing strategies to influencing politicians, the media and public

Part of the book series: Palgrave Studies in Prisons and Penology (PSIPP)

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-ix
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  2. Introduction

    • Gemma Birkett
    Pages 1-5

  3. Studying Penal Policy

    • Gemma Birkett
    Pages 7-32

  4. Penal Policy, Politics and Public Opinion

    • Gemma Birkett
    Pages 33-53

  5. The Politicisation of Women’s Penal Policy

    • Gemma Birkett
    Pages 55-87

  6. The Campaigners

    • Gemma Birkett
    Pages 89-109

  7. The Journalists

    • Gemma Birkett
    Pages 111-128

  8. The Political Decision-Makers

    • Gemma Birkett
    Pages 129-145

  9. Media, Politics and Penal Reform

    • Gemma Birkett
    Pages 147-171

  10. Conclusion

    • Gemma Birkett
    Pages 173-176

  11. Back Matter

    Pages 177-205
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About this book

This book examines the nature of relations between penal reform campaigners, journalists and policymakers at the crime-media nexus. With a particular focus on women’s penal policy, Birkett uncovers how reform strategies have augmented and developed under changing governments and the news media spotlight. While penal reformers have traditionally relied on the language of humanitarianism to influence the direction of policy, there remains an array of political and cultural sticking points. With a policy-focused orientation, this study provides a number of pragmatic and practical tips for those wishing to think more strategically about their ability to influence politicians, the media and the public. With unprecedented access to over thirty policy elites working around Westminster and Whitehall during the development of the Corston agenda (and beyond), this engaging and timely work exposes the triumphs and tribulations of such actors for the very first time.

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  • Department of Sociology, City, University of London, London, United Kingdom

    Gemma Birkett

About the author

Dr Gemma Birkett is Lecturer in Criminology at City, University of London, UK.

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