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Female Crime and Delinquency (Section Five "Females and the Correctional System") » Read Now
by Coramae Richey Mann. 331 pgs.

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Women in the Criminal Justice System (Chap. 3 "Women in Prisons and Jails") » Read Now
by Clarice Feinman. 211 pgs.

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This third edition provides thoroughly updated information on the status of women in all aspects of the U.S. criminal justice system, from incarcerated women to professionals in the legal, law enforcement, and correctional fields. While concentrating on the present, Clarice Feinman traces changes in...
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This third edition provides thoroughly updated information on the status of women in all aspects of the U.S. criminal justice system, from incarcerated women to professionals in the legal, law enforcement, and correctional fields. While concentrating on the present, Clarice Feinman traces changes in theories, goals, practices, and policies concerning women of different racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic backgrounds--be they offenders, professionals, or reformers--since 1800, with a focus on why changes occurred. This unique text is an important tool for filling gaps in information, continuity, and understanding of issues affecting women in the up-hill battle to transform this male-dominated system.
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Women and Criminality: The Woman as Victim, Offender, and Practitioner (Chap. 11 "Incarcerated Women: A Correctional System Paradox") » Read Now
by Ronald Barri Flowers. 217 pgs.

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"This book is a welcome addition to the literature on women and criminality. It should be of particular interest to the general reader as a concise, well-organized and clearly written review of important aspects of this social problem. It would be excellent as a supplementary text in criminal...
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"This book is a welcome addition to the literature on women and criminality. It should be of particular interest to the general reader as a concise, well-organized and clearly written review of important aspects of this social problem. It would be excellent as a supplementary text in criminal justice, criminology, victimology, and women's studies courses. In addition to a selected bibliography, scholars will appreciate the excellent bibliographical essay which provides a basis for further research." Criminal Justice Policy Review
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Living in Prison: A History of the Correctional System with an Insider's View (Chap. 5 "Women and Prison") » Read Now
by Gordon A. Crews, Wayne Gillespie, Stephen Stanko. 196 pgs.

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Can the morality of a nation really be judged by how it treats its prisoners? The United States has more people in prison than any other nation, and the nature of the American correctional system continues to be the subject of passionate debate. This unique combination of historical overview and...
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Can the morality of a nation really be judged by how it treats its prisoners? The United States has more people in prison than any other nation, and the nature of the American correctional system continues to be the subject of passionate debate. This unique combination of historical overview and personal testimony provides an unprecedented look at the U.S. correctional system.
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Women in Prison: From Partial Justice to Vengeful Equity, in Corrections Today » Read Now
by Meda Chesney-Lind. 8 pgs.

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Women in Prison, in Psychology Today » Read Now
by Matthew Scanlon. 7 pgs.
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Man-Made Medicine: Women's Health, Public Policy, and Reform (Chap. 11 "Women Prisoners and Health Care") » Read Now
by Kary L. Moss. 288 pgs.

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Meeting the Mental Health Needs of Incarcerated Women, in Health and Social Work » Read Now
by Eileen Abel, Risa Kiam, Elizabeth C. Pomeroy. 5 pgs.

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The Increase in Incarcerations among Women and Its Impact on the Grandmother Caregiver: Some Racial Considerations, in Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare » Read Now
by Dorothy S. Ruiz. 19 pgs.

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Improving Pregnancy Outcome during Imprisonment: A Model Residential Care Program, in Social Work » Read Now
by Sheryl Pimlott, Kristine Siefert. 10 pgs.

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Prisoners' Children: What Are the Issues? (Chap. 2 "Infants with Mothers in Prison" and Chap. 3 "Mothers Inside, Children Outside") » Read Now
by Roger Shaw. 210 pgs.

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Inner Lives: Voices of African American Women in Prison, in Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology » Read Now
by Michelle S. Jacobs. 27 pgs.

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Women and the Death Penalty in the United States, 1900-1998 » Read Now
by Kathleen A. O'Shea. 410 pgs.

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Using a historical framework, this book offers not only the penal history of the death penalty in the states that have given women the death penalty, but it also retells the stories of the women who have been executed and those currently awaiting their fate on death row.
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Women Prisoners on the Cutting Edge: Development of the Activist Women's Prisoners' Rights Movement, in Social Justice » Read Now
by Ellen M. Barry. 9 pgs.

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Prisons and Women (Australia) » Read Now
by Blanche Hampton, New South Wales Prisons Coalition. 220 pgs.

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Examines the women's prison system in New South Wales from the point of view of the inmates, using as sources both Government documents and the experiences of prisoners and ex-prisoners themselves. Covers topics such as arrest and interrogation, health, custodial officers and post-release. Includes...
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Examines the women's prison system in New South Wales from the point of view of the inmates, using as sources both Government documents and the experiences of prisoners and ex-prisoners themselves. Covers topics such as arrest and interrogation, health, custodial officers and post-release. Includes references and an index. The author is a writer-researcher, and was formerly an inmate of a NSW prison.
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