Stephanie Hayman – författare

Imprisonment has been at the heart of colonized Canada, but the correctional and research focus has always been on men. It was not until 1990 that the Task Force on Federally Sentenced Women – a unique collaboration between the Correctional Service of Canada and the voluntary sector – advanced an alternative vision recognizing women’s specific needs alongside their racial identities, in the hope that new provision might reduce women’s imprisonment. Stephanie Hayman asks whether the task force’s vision was realized. Turning to the often ignored partners in imprisonment, the officers responsible for prisoners’ welfare, Hayman enables us to hear the voices of the original staff at Edmonton Institution for Women (EIFW), the first of the new larger prisons to receive prisoners, as well as staff who followed them. Their reflections are set in the context of EIFW’s flawed opening, the intense media scrutiny it received, and its temporary closure after only five months. She shows how staff supported prisoners through the turmoil while managing their own distress and explores how these conditions developed, why staff came into conflict with management, and how Indigenous women experienced distinct harms. The work traces correctional and political responses to EIFW across the new prisons, with a particular focus on events at Grand Valley and NOVA Institutions for Women. Foregrounding the experiences of prisoners and staff, From Hope to Distress offers a provocative assessment of the ways in which reform ideals can be absorbed and distorted by those responsible for their implementation.

This book reports the result of research carried out in a busy London police station on the role and impact of closed-circuit television (CCTV) in the management and surveillance of suspects - the most thorough example of the use of CCTV by the police in the world. It focuses on the use of CCTV in a very different environment to that in which its impact has previously been studied, and draws upon the analysis of CCTV footage, suspects' backgrounds and extensive interviewing of both police officers and suspects. The research is situated in the context of concerns about the human rights implications of the use of CCTV, and challenges criminological and social theory in its conceptualisation of the role of their police, their governance and the use of CCTV. It raises key questions about both the future of policing and the treatment of suspects in custody. A key theme of this book is the need to move away from a narrow focus on the negative, intrusive face of surveillance: as this study demonstrates, CCTV has another 'face' - one that potentially watches and protects. Both 'faces' need to be examined and analysed simultaneously in order to understand the impact and implications of electronic surveillance.

Using extensive interviews and previously unexplored archival material, Hayman examines the work of the Task Force on Federally Sentenced Women and assesses the opening of the first three prisons. She questions the notion that prisons can simultaneously "heal" and punish, suggesting that the power of "the prison" inevitably triumphs over the good intentions of reformers.

Using extensive interviews and previously unexplored archival material, Hayman examines the work of the Task Force on Federally Sentenced Women and assesses the opening of the first three prisons. She questions the notion that prisons can simultaneously "heal" and punish, suggesting that the power of "the prison" inevitably triumphs over the good intentions of reformers.

This book reports the result of research carried out in a busy London police station on the role and impact of closed-circuit television (CCTV) in the management and surveillance of suspects - the most thorough example of the use of CCTV by the police in the world. It focuses on the use of CCTV in a very different environment to that in which its impact has previously been studied, and draws upon the analysis of CCTV footage, suspects'' backgrounds and extensive interviewing of both police officers and suspects. The research is situated in the context of concerns about the human rights implications of the use of CCTV, and challenges criminological and social theory in its conceptualisation of the role of their police, their governance and the use of CCTV. It raises key questions about both the future of policing and the treatment of suspects in custody. A key theme of this book is the need to move away from a narrow focus on the negative, intrusive face of surveillance: as this study demonstrates, CCTV has another ''face'' - one that potentially watches and protects. Both ''faces'' need to be examined and analysed simultaneously in order to understand the impact and implications of electronic surveillance.

This book reports the result of research carried out in a busy London police station on the role and impact of closed-circuit television (CCTV) in the management and surveillance of suspects - the most thorough example of the use of CCTV by the police in the world. It focuses on the use of CCTV in a very different environment to that in which its impact has previously been studied, and draws upon the analysis of CCTV footage, suspects'' backgrounds and extensive interviewing of both police officers and suspects. The research is situated in the context of concerns about the human rights implications of the use of CCTV, and challenges criminological and social theory in its conceptualisation of the role of their police, their governance and the use of CCTV. It raises key questions about both the future of policing and the treatment of suspects in custody. A key theme of this book is the need to move away from a narrow focus on the negative, intrusive face of surveillance: as this study demonstrates, CCTV has another ''face'' - one that potentially watches and protects. Both ''faces'' need to be examined and analysed simultaneously in order to understand the impact and implications of electronic surveillance.