Full Description
This edited volume presents research about life in prison for women, discussing both incarcerated women and those working in prisons. It addresses women's paths through the criminal justice system from sentencing through post-incarceration and reintegration into society, highlighting the differences in women's experience of prison compared to their male counterparts and noting both the positive and negative changes implemented for women behind bars.
Covering research on stigma, pop culture, motherhood, sexuality and gender, access to healthcare, vocational training, and educational opportunities, this text takes both a local and international view. Women and Prison is a comprehensive volume suitable for criminal justice researchers, mental health professionals, students of criminology, women's studies, sociology and those seeking a career in corrections.
Contents
1. An Overview: What We Know About Incarcerated Women and Girls.- 2. Pop Culture and Perception.- 3. Female Perpetrators: Risks, Needs, and Pathways to Offending.- 4. Criminal Justice Processing and Procedure, Generally and for Justice-Involved Women.- 5. The Female Prison Experience.- 6. Justice-Involved Girls: Women, Health and Pregnancy, Mental Health, and Substance Abuse Concerns.- 7. Sexuality and Gender: Locked In, and Out.- 8. Intersectional Pathways: The Role Victimization Plays in Women's Offending and in Prisons.- 9. Educational and Vocational Programming in Women's Prisons: History, Gender Disaparities, and Promising Progress.- 10. Women Working in Male Prisons and Jails.- 11. Concluding Remarks.
