Cresswell, M, Karimova, Z and Ward, J (2018) 'Women, self-harm, and the moral code of the prison.' Ethical Human Psychology & Psychiatry, 20 (1). pp. 27-42.
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Abstract
Discriminatory attitudes directed at women who nonfatally self-harm have been documented in psychiatric wards and medical settings, especially in Accident and Emergency departments. Such attitudes constitute a “moral code,” which surrounds the act of self-harm and subjects it to negative comparison to accidents, physical illness, and completed suicide. What is less clear, however, are the characteristics of that moral code which governs self-harm in prisons, despite the fact that high rates of self-harm in women’s prisons are well known. Reporting the findings of a research project in one English prison, this article identifies the characteristics of that “moral code” and the way it affects the experiences of women in prison.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Keywords: | women; self-harm; prison; moral code; total institution |
| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General) H Social Sciences > HM Sociology |
| Divisions: | School of Sciences |
| Date Deposited: | 19 Dec 2018 15:54 |
| Last Modified: | 15 Aug 2021 09:51 |
| ISSN: | 1559-4343 |
| URI / Page ID: | https://researchspace.bathspa.ac.uk/id/eprint/11755 |
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