Gendering Transnational Criminality: The Case of Women’s Imprisonment in Peru

Boutron, Camille; Constant, Chloé

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“…Heimer (2000) partly attributed these trends to the feminisation of poverty and to the increasing percentage of the poor population in the US who resides in female-headed households. This is also true cross-nationally; prisons often house the poor and other marginalised groups (Boutron and Constant 2013;Mahtani 2013;Müller 2012;Myers et al 2017;Western 2006). In some cases, becoming involved with the criminal justice system is a direct result of childhood victimisation, as in the case of a runaway who flees an abusive home environment (Chesney-Lind 1997).…”

Section: Pathways To and Patterns In Women's Incarcerationmentioning

confidence: 98%

“…In developing policies and practices related to incarceration and re-entry, it is important to recognise the larger and interconnected context of criminal justice policies, incarceration and reentry. Patterns of incarceration in other countries are partly shaped by the US imposing a drug war on the governments of other countries, particularly in Latin America (Boutron and Constant 2013;Müller 2012;Reynolds 2008). Reynolds (2008) attributes US foreign policy for the war on drugs to the emergence of the prison industrial complex as a global economic strategy.…”

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“…For example, histories of colonialism, apartheid and conflict shape the experiences of people who are accused of crimes and who enter and exit prison ( (Boutron and Constant 2013: 178). Boutron and Constant (2013) carefully documented key factors in Peruvian history and how they shaped the country's approach to women's imprisonment. Similarly, Mahtani (2013) documented the role of Sierra Leone's 11-year civil war, which escalated levels of domestic violence, rape, limited education and poverty.…”

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“…Women are more likely than men to be convicted of drug-related offences and to have histories of drug addiction and mental illness (Carson 2018). Drug use and drug trafficking clearly affect incarceration in the Americas (Boutron and Constant 2013). Approximately 20 per cent of the prison population in Latin America is charged with drug-related offences (Drugs Security and Democracy Program 2018).…”

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Fostering Family Relationships and Women’s Employment

Leverentz¹

2020

Int J for Crime, Justice & Social Democracy

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Although people in prison share some commonalities, they also face distinct issues based on who they are and where they are incarcerated. In this article, I offer suggestions regarding re-entry programs and policies for women. I frame these policies through a broader lens of intersectionality and the importance of context. People are embedded in interlocking systems of power, and experiences and positionality are shaped along multiple dimensions. Additionally, to understand criminal justice responses, we must understand the local social, political and economic contexts, as these programs may not translate across jurisdictions if local considerations are not taken into account. Just as crime and criminal justice policies are embedded in larger social worlds, so too are re-entry programs. Three policy areas are considered within this larger framework: drug courts, family reunification and employment.

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Section: Pathways To and Patterns In Women's Incarcerationmentioning

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Section: Contextmentioning

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Section: Contextmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Pathways To and Patterns In Women's Incarcerationmentioning

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Fostering Family Relationships and Women’s Employment

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2020

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“…The economic crisis of the 1980s and a deeply stratified society mobilized poor rural women to political action. There was a sharp increase in the number of arrests and imprisonment of women and this detainment on political grounds contributed to “incarceration as a mass phenomenon” in Peru ([12], p. 182). Hierarchies of class, gender and race have therefore been upheld by controlling women’s bodies through carceral strategies.…”

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The Santa Monica prison and illegal cocaine: a mutual relationship

Campos

2015

Crime Law Soc Change

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This paper will demonstrate how women’s labor in the transnational cocaine commodity chain (TCCC) links together the Santa Monica women’s prison in Lima, Peru and the illicit cocaine market. Peru is one the fastest-growing economies in Latin America largely due to a neoliberal free market approach to economic development. It has encouraged foreign investment and also has a growing middle class. But a significant portion of the country’s population has not benefitted. This has resulted in some women turning to drug smuggling or selling in order to generate an income. Due to war on drug strategies, many of them are caught and sentenced on drug trafficking charges. I argue that the prison and larger criminal justice apparatus benefit financially from the growing number of drug arrests due to the systemic blackmail of incarcerated women. The cocaine sector benefits from the internment of its ex-workers. It is able to recruit new low-level employees and maintain the protection of middle managers. It is in this way that this prison and the illegal drug market are enmeshed together through the labor of subordinate female smugglers and retailers. This study is based on ethnographic dissertation fieldwork conducted in 2008–2009 in the Santa Monica prison.

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Bruce

2021

Prison in Peru

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Gendering Transnational Criminality: The Case of Women’s Imprisonment in Peru

Cited by 21 publications

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