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Women, Prison, and Crime

by: Pollock, Joycelyn M.

Women, Prison, and Crime

by: Pollock, Joycelyn M.

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9780534516895
ISBN 10:
0534516890
Edition: 2nd
Format: Paperback
Copyright: 07/13/2001
Publisher: Cengage Learning

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Summary

This text takes a comprehensive look at women in America's prisons, covering the history of women's prisons, crime rates, and sentencing practices. It provides detailed descriptions of prisoner subcultures, programs, management and staff issues, and legal issues of female prisoners, while also expanding beyond U.S. soil to compare women's prisons in other countries.

Foreward

Preface

xiii

Introduction to Women's Prisons: Differences and Disparities

(19)

Increasing Numbers, Increasing Controversy

(6)

Women's Prisons Across the United States

(3)

Research and the Female Offender

(4)

Conclusion: Unanswered Questions

(4)

Suggested Readings

(1)

History of Women's Prisons: The Legacy of Difference

(20)

Early Punishments and Places of Confinement

(5)

The Reformatory Era and Women

(9)

The End of the Reformatory Era

(3)

Conclusion: The Legacy of Difference

(1)

Suggested Readings

(1)

Who Are the Women in Prison?

(27)

Female Criminality

(7)

Explanations for Female Criminality

(5)

A Profile of the Female Prisoner

(11)

Conclusion

(2)

Suggested Readings

(1)

Entering Prison and Adjustment

(24)

A Building Boom of Women's Prisons

(1)

Entering the Prison

(4)

The Prison World

(10)

Co-correctional Facilities

(2)

Differences Between Women's and Men's Prisons

(3)

Conclusion

(2)

Suggested Readings

(1)

Gender-Responsive Programming: The Reality of Difference

(30)

Programs

(10)

Drugs: A Solution Becomes a Problem

102

(4)

Inmates as Mothers

106

(11)

Gender-Responsive Programming

117

(2)

Conclusion

119

(1)

Suggested Readings

120

(1)

Living in Prison

121

(28)

The Deprivations of Imprisonment

122

(2)

Adaptations: The Prisoner Subculture

124

(18)

Comparing Prisons for Women and Men

142

(4)

Conclusion

146

(2)

Suggested Readings

148

(1)

Legal Issues of Incarcerated Women

149

(23)

Legal Challenges by Women

150

(3)

Causes of Action

153

(3)

Programming and Medical Services

156

(5)

Other Issues

161

(2)

Cross-Sex Supervision

163

(5)

Parity Versus Different Needs

168

(3)

Conclusion

171

(1)

Suggested Readings

171

(1)

Working in Prison: Staff and Administration

172

(29)

Female Correctional Officers

175

(9)

Men Guarding Women

184

(6)

Officer Subculture

190

(1)

Interactions with Inmates

191

(7)

Management Issues in a Women's Prison

198

(1)

Conclusion

199

(1)

Suggested Readings

200

(1)

Women Incarcerated: Jails and Prisons Around the World

201

(14)

Jail Inmates

201

(6)

Prisons for Women Across the World

207

(6)

Conclusion

213

(1)

Suggested Readings

214

(1)

Conclusions and Future Directions

215

(14)

Legacies of the Past

215

(2)

Comparing Prisons for Women and Men

217

(1)

Parity Versus Difference

218

(1)

Gender-Specific Programming

219

(4)

Conclusion

223

(5)

Suggested Readings

228

(1)

References

229

(20)

Table of Cases

249

(2)

Name Index

251

(5)

Subject Index

256

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