“Beyond Bar: Understanding the role of gender, sexuality, and gang affiliation in female incarceration.”

• In Event: On Prisons and Punishment

Brief Overview

This paper is a theoretical conceptualization of why women join gangs while incarcerated and if/to what extent does gender and sexuality shape gang affiliation within the prison subculture.

Author

• Amber Erin K. Morris, Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, Syracuse University