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Women, Prison, and Crime
by POLLOCK-BYRNEEdition:
1st
ISBN13:
9780534128883
ISBN10:
0534128882
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Paperback
Pub. Date:
1/29/1990
Publisher(s):
Wadsworth Publishing
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Women, Prison, and Crime
Summary
Women, Prison, & Crime paints a truly cohesive and comprehensive picture of the women who live and work in America's prisons.
Table of Contents
| Foreward | p. xi |
| Preface | p. xiii |
| Introduction to Women's Prisons: Differences and Disparities | p. 1 |
| Increasing Numbers, Increasing Controversy | p. 2 |
| Women's Prisons Across the United States | p. 8 |
| Research and the Female Offender | p. 11 |
| Conclusion: Unanswered Questions | p. 15 |
| Suggested Readings | p. 19 |
| History of Women's Prisons: The Legacy of Difference | p. 20 |
| Early Punishments and Places of Confinement | p. 21 |
| The Reformatory Era and Women | p. 26 |
| The End of the Reformatory Era | p. 35 |
| Conclusion: The Legacy of Difference | p. 38 |
| Suggested Readings | p. 39 |
| Who Are the Women in Prison? | p. 40 |
| Female Criminality | p. 41 |
| Explanations for Female Criminality | p. 48 |
| A Profile of the Female Prisoner | p. 53 |
| Conclusion | p. 64 |
| Suggested Readings | p. 66 |
| Entering Prison and Adjustment | p. 67 |
| A Building Boom of Women's Prisons | p. 68 |
| Entering the Prison | p. 69 |
| The Prison World | p. 73 |
| Co-correctional Facilities | p. 83 |
| Differences Between Women's and Men's Prisons | p. 85 |
| Conclusion | p. 88 |
| Suggested Readings | p. 90 |
| Gender-Responsive Programming: The Reality of Difference | p. 91 |
| Programs | p. 92 |
| Drugs: A Solution Becomes a Problem | p. 102 |
| Inmates as Mothers | p. 106 |
| Gender-Responsive Programming | p. 117 |
| Conclusion | p. 119 |
| Suggested Readings | p. 120 |
| Living in Prison | p. 121 |
| The Deprivations of Imprisonment | p. 122 |
| Adaptations: The Prisoner Subculture | p. 124 |
| Comparing Prisons for Women and Men | p. 142 |
| Conclusion | p. 146 |
| Suggested Readings | p. 148 |
| Legal Issues of Incarcerated Women | p. 149 |
| Legal Challenges by Women | p. 150 |
| Causes of Action | p. 153 |
| Programming and Medical Services | p. 156 |
| Other Issues | p. 161 |
| Cross-Sex Supervision | p. 163 |
| Parity Versus Different Needs | p. 168 |
| Conclusion | p. 171 |
| Suggested Readings | p. 171 |
| Working in Prison: Staff and Administration | p. 172 |
| Female Correctional Officers | p. 175 |
| Men Guarding Women | p. 184 |
| Officer Subculture | p. 190 |
| Interactions with Inmates | p. 191 |
| Management Issues in a Women's Prison | p. 198 |
| Conclusion | p. 199 |
| Suggested Readings | p. 200 |
| Women Incarcerated: Jails and Prisons Around the World | p. 201 |
| Jail Inmates | p. 201 |
| Prisons for Women Across the World | p. 207 |
| Conclusion | p. 213 |
| Suggested Readings | p. 214 |
| Conclusions and Future Directions | p. 215 |
| Legacies of the Past | p. 215 |
| Comparing Prisons for Women and Men | p. 217 |
| Parity Versus Difference | p. 218 |
| Gender-Specific Programming | p. 219 |
| Conclusion | p. 223 |
| Suggested Readings | p. 228 |
| References | p. 229 |
| Table of Cases | p. 249 |
| Name Index | p. 251 |
| Subject Index | p. 256 |
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