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Since the 1970s and 1980s, feminist approaches to criminology and criminal justice have been shedding light on women’s paths of criminalization, the continuum of gender-based violence that they are subject to since early childhood and how the criminal justice system reproduces gender stereotypes and different forms of violence, including sexual torture. Beginning with the pioneering works of Rosa del Olmo, Carmen Antony and Elena Azaola, studies on female incarceration have also been proliferating in Latin America, particularly since the 2000s. With the approval of the Bangkok Rules in 2010, the visibility of female incarceration, and its intersection with gender inequality, have been strengthened by important activism and advocacy work, led by civil society organizations, including formerly incarcerated women and family members of people deprived of their liberty. A prominent role has been played by the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights and the Inter-American Court on Human Rights, which have set standards for the member States with the intention of widening the use of alternatives to imprisonment and recognizing and protecting the rights of children with incarcerated parents as well as those of other family members. This book aims to visibilize the current debates on women and criminal justice in Latin America. Whilst its main focus is on women in prison, it also addresses other relevant issues that shape the feminist security agenda in the region. The contributions from 14 Latin American scholars and activists show that women’s lives and their intersections with criminal justice are framed by continuities which are obliterated by a system based on mutually exclusive antinomies: free vs imprisoned, victim vs criminal agent, unfit vs caring mother, child vs autonomous adult, woman vs trans, before vs during and during vs after imprisonment. Their chapters help us dissolve the constructed—and yet to tangible—silences and dichotomic imaginaries that criminal justice and incarceration build around “women as offenders” and “women as victims”, while sharing concrete proposals for a feminist security agenda.

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Introduction: Women, Inequalities and Criminal Justice in Latin America

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    2026年

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  • Corina Giacomello

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Since the 1970s and 1980s, feminist approaches to criminology and criminal justice have been shedding light on women’s paths of criminalization, the continuum of gender-based violence that they are subject to since early childhood and how the criminal justice system reproduces gender stereotypes and different forms of violence, including sexual torture. Beginning with the pioneering works of Rosa del Olmo, Carmen Antony and Elena Azaola, studies on female incarceration have also been proliferating in Latin America, particularly since the 2000s. With the approval of the Bangkok Rules in 2010, the visibility of female incarceration, and its intersection with gender inequality, have been strengthened by important activism and advocacy work, led by civil society organizations, including formerly incarcerated women and family members of people deprived of their liberty. A prominent role has been played by the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights and the Inter-American Court on Human Rights, which have set standards for the member States with the intention of widening the use of alternatives to imprisonment and recognizing and protecting the rights of children with incarcerated parents as well as those of other family members. This book aims to visibilize the current debates on women and criminal justice in Latin America. Whilst its main focus is on women in prison, it also addresses other relevant issues that shape the feminist security agenda in the region. The contributions from 14 Latin American scholars and activists show that women’s lives and their intersections with criminal justice are framed by continuities which are obliterated by a system based on mutually exclusive antinomies: free vs imprisoned, victim vs criminal agent, unfit vs caring mother, child vs autonomous adult, woman vs trans, before vs during and during vs after imprisonment. Their chapters help us dissolve the constructed—and yet to tangible—silences and dichotomic imaginaries that criminal justice and incarceration build around “women as offenders” and “women as victims”, while sharing concrete proposals for a feminist security agenda.