What is included with this book?
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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