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Alongside
the dissemination of toxic neoliberal policies that benefit the richest
segments of society, the conditions in which criminalized women mother
have eroded. While the affluent savor the fruits of investment into new
markets and unfettered movement of capital around the globe, the poor
and marginalized find themselves subject to increasing levels of
surveillance and social control strategies intended to monitor their
movements and intrusively govern their conduct. In the same instant,
residues of the welfare state that initially undergirded the well-being
of the impoverished and marginalized crumble under the weight of a state
that appears unwilling to offer any meaningful assistance. In this
ethos of gross income disparities and the vilification of the most
marginalized segments of society the criminal justice state manages the
excess and punishes the impoverished. Males continue to constitute the
vast majority of individuals dealt with by the criminal justice state.
Women, especially poor and racialized females, are nevertheless the
fastest growing prison population worldwide. Whether through prison,
house arrest, probation or restorative justice many marginalized women
and girls find themselves subjected to state sponsored controls. Many of
these women and girls are mothers. We collectively know very little
about the conditions and contexts under which these women care for their
children. This collection examines the challenges, difficulties and
successes of criminalized mothers. It will highlight innovative programs
and enterprising projects that seek to carve out welcome and hospitable
spaces for these women. In particular, it seeks to give a voice to
marginalized women who are too often silent and silenced by systems of
control. The editors seek article length contributions from scholars and
practitioners from all disciplines, including (but not limited to)
criminology, sociology, social legal studies, education, political
science, philosophy, criminal justice studies, geography and
anthropology. We are equally interested in auto-ethnographic accounts
that detail the frustrations and triumphs of mothers who have
experienced criminal justice interventions. Artwork, poetry and short
stories are also welcome.
Articles may examine (but are not limited to) the following topics:
Probation and
mothering; mothering on house arrest; restorative justice and
motherhood; mothering in the context of domestic violence; prison
mother/child programs; mothering while incarcerated; criminal justice
policies and motherhood; the criminalization of poverty and motherhood;
addictions and mothering; mothering sex workers; criminalized girls and
mothering; programs for young female offenders and their children;
motherhood and risk; surveillance and mothering; ethnography; mothering
on parole; racialized mothers; child welfare; foster mothering;
immigrant mothers; tensions between rights and needs of children and
mothers.
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