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- Comprehensive edited collection on women in prison, discussing ongoing issues in the US and internationally, as well as recent positive changes.
- Focuses not only on female inmates, but also on women working inside prisons.
- Includes diverse contributions from female researchers, covering topics like motherhood, pop culture, education within prison, and rehabilitation and recidivism.
- Compares women's experience of prison to men's experience of prison, from sentencing through post-incarceration and reintegration into society.
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Table of contents (11 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
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.
Editors and Affiliations
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University of Louisiana at Lafayette, Lafayette, USA
Jada Hector
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Women and Prison
Editors: Jada Hector
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-46172-0
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Law and Criminology, Law and Criminology (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-46171-3Published: 23 June 2020
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-46174-4Published: 24 June 2021
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-46172-0Published: 22 June 2020
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VI, 178
Number of Illustrations: 2 b/w illustrations
Topics: Prison and Punishment, Women's Studies, Women's Studies