Navigating emotions behind bars: Emotional governance and the social construction of charisma in Chinese women's prisons
Published online on March 17, 2026
Abstract
Theoretical Criminology, Ahead of Print.
This article introduces the concept of ‘emotional governance’ to prison studies and explains how emotional governance facilitates effective prison management. Drawing on first-hand empirical data collected from a women's prison in China, the article ...
This article introduces the concept of ‘emotional governance’ to prison studies and explains how emotional governance facilitates effective prison management. Drawing on first-hand empirical data collected from a women's prison in China, the article ...