Constructive Ambiguity, Market Imaginaries And The Penal Voluntary Sector In England And Wales

Mary Corcoran is Reader in Criminology at Keele University. Her research and publications cover prisons and community-based sanctions, with a particular focus on women's experience of justice. A second theme focuses on the changing relationships among markets, states and civil society and the consequences for criminal justice. Mary also researches on bereavement and loss, as well as well-being and life course in custody. She has been advisor to several voluntary sector and government agencies.