Women, Prison, and Crime

by Pollock, Joycelyn M.

• ISBN13: 9780534516895
• ISBN10: 0534516890
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-07-13
• Publisher: Cengage Learning

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.

Table of Contents

Foreward	xi
Preface	xiii
Introduction to Women's Prisons: Differences and Disparities	1	(19)
Increasing Numbers, Increasing Controversy	2	(6)
Women's Prisons Across the United States	8	(3)
Research and the Female Offender	11	(4)
Conclusion: Unanswered Questions	15	(4)
Suggested Readings	19	(1)
History of Women's Prisons: The Legacy of Difference	20	(20)
Early Punishments and Places of Confinement	21	(5)
The Reformatory Era and Women	26	(9)
The End of the Reformatory Era	35	(3)
Conclusion: The Legacy of Difference	38	(1)
Suggested Readings	39	(1)
Who Are the Women in Prison?	40	(27)
Female Criminality	41	(7)
Explanations for Female Criminality	48	(5)
A Profile of the Female Prisoner	53	(11)
Conclusion	64	(2)
Suggested Readings	66	(1)
Entering Prison and Adjustment	67	(24)
A Building Boom of Women's Prisons	68	(1)
Entering the Prison	69	(4)
The Prison World	73	(10)
Co-correctional Facilities	83	(2)
Differences Between Women's and Men's Prisons	85	(3)
Conclusion	88	(2)
Suggested Readings	90	(1)
Gender-Responsive Programming: The Reality of Difference	91	(30)
Programs	92	(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