Critical Perspectives on UK Prisons

• Published date: 01 March 2022
• Date: 01 March 2022
• Author: Christina Quinlan
• DOI: 10.1177/00328855221079245
• Subject Matter: Articles

Critical Perspectives on

UK Prisons

Christina Quinlan

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Abstract

This special issue of The Prison Journal features the scholarship of faculty

based at, or associated with. the Institute for Research in Criminology,

Community, Education and Social Justice at De Montfort University

(DMU), Leicester, UK. Three articles offer critical perspectives on women’s

prisons, the role of coercive control in the lives of women offenders who are

victimized by domestic abuse, and the issue of ethical research practice with

imprisoned women. The remaining three contributions include an assess-

ment of prison education in UK prisons, an overview of a hope-inspired

UK prison arts program, and the results of a public attitudes survey regard-

ing access to and use of digital technologiesby incarcerated individuals in the

UK.

Keywords

UK prisons, justice issues, coercive control, feminist research ethics, prison

education, arts in prison, digital technology in prison

Special Issue Contents

This special issue of The Prison Journal highlights the research of criminol-

ogists from, or associated with, De Montfort University (DMU), Leicester,

UK. As a former Director of the DMU Institute for Research in

Criminology, Community, Education and Social Justice, I was privileged in

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Technological University Dublin, Ireland

Corresponding Author:

Christina Quinlan, Technological University Dublin, Graduate Business School, Aungier St.,

Dublin, DO2 HW71, Ireland.

Email: Christina.Quinlan@tudublin.ie

Article

The Prison Journal

2022, Vol. 102(2) 131–133

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