The Double-Victimization of Criminalized Women in Neoliberal Contexts: The Case of Paraguay

Rates of female incarceration have markedly increased since the global ascendance of neoliberalism. Drawing on quantitative prison census data and qualitative analysis of inmate interviews, this article asks: Are women rendered vulnerable by neoliberal policies more likely to be victimized by state...

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Published in:Women & criminal justice 2021-01, Vol.31 (1), p.1-23
Main Authors: Galeano Monti, José, Delia Deckard, Natalie
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Criminalization
Criminology
critical criminology
Female offenders
Imprisonment
Latin America
Marginality
Neoliberalism
prison
Prisoners
Qualitative research
Victimization
Women
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Summary:Rates of female incarceration have markedly increased since the global ascendance of neoliberalism. Drawing on quantitative prison census data and qualitative analysis of inmate interviews, this article asks: Are women rendered vulnerable by neoliberal policies more likely to be victimized by state agents when under their control? We interrogate this using the case of Paraguay - positing that paradigmatically neoliberal regimes systematically incarcerate the precarious, and enact physical and emotional violence against them during incarceration. Findings confirm this reality, with marginalized women disproportionately incarcerated, and disproportionately likely to be abused while in custody. This article advances knowledge about criminalization in neoliberal contexts.
ISSN:0897-4454
1541-0323
DOI:10.1080/08974454.2019.1666782