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Women and Prison

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Editors:
  1. Jada Hector

    1. University of Louisiana at Lafayette, Lafayette, USA

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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)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-vi
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  2. An Overview: What We Know About Incarcerated Women and Girls

    • Jodi Lane
    Pages 1-13

  3. Pop Culture and Perception

    • Karen Smith
    Pages 15-27

  4. Female Perpetrators: Risks, Needs, and Pathways to Offending

    • Michelle N. Jeanis, Sarah A. Smith
    Pages 29-40

  5. Criminal Justice Processing and Procedure, Generally and for Justice-Involved Women

    • Kathleen Murphy
    Pages 41-51

  6. The Female Prison Experience

    • Haley R. Zettler
    Pages 53-64

  7. Justice-Involved Girls and Women, Health and Pregnancy, Mental Health, and Substance Abuse Concerns

    • Jada Hector, Kristy D. Fusilier
    Pages 65-84

  8. Sexuality and Gender: Locked in, and Out

    • Frances P. Abderhalden
    Pages 85-96

  9. Intersectional Pathways: The Role Victimization Plays in Women’s Offending and in Prisons

    • Katherine Lorenz, Rebecca M. Hayes
    Pages 97-129

  10. Educational and Vocational Programming in Women’s Prisons: History, Gender Disparities, and Promising Progress

    • Rashaan A. DeShay
    Pages 131-153

  11. Women Working in Male Prisons and Jails

    • Catherine Fontenot
    Pages 155-164

  12. Concluding Remarks

    • Jada Hector
    Pages 165-169

  13. Back Matter

    Pages 171-178
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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

  • University of Louisiana at Lafayette, Lafayette, USA

    Jada Hector

About the editor

Jada N. Hector is an accomplished mental health clinician with an array of experience from treating severe mental illness, trauma, substance use and abuse, to everyday mental health struggles shared by Americans and their loved ones. These days, Ms. Hector lends those experiences to help local and state governments remedy gaps in mental health surveillance, treatment, and recovery options, create better policy, and heal communities. Ms. Hector is a graduate of the Louisiana State University with a masters degree in Counseling and is a Licensed Professional Counselor in the state of Louisiana. She also attended B.I. Moody III College of Business Administration at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette where she earned an undergraduate degree in business with a concentration in marketing.

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

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