Research Catalog

Details

Additional authors

1. Reviere, Rebecca

Description

1. xi, 219 p. : ill.; 23 cm.

Summary

1. "The integration of race into the discussion of women and corrections is important, particularly in the classroom. This book, unlike most, does not address the issue of race as an afterthought, but instead shows its relevance by integrating it throughout." --Stephanie Bush-Baskette, Rutgers University
2. "This comprehensive text is a strong contribution to the study of women and incarceration. Particularly effective in terms of its focus on race, gender, and imprisonment, it should be required reading in a wide range of courses." --Barbara Bloom, Sonoma State University.

Subject

1. Women prisoners -- United States
2. Minority women -- United States -- Social conditions.
3. Minority women -- United States -- Economic conditions.

Contents

1. Equal rights or lost opportunities? -- A brief history of punishment -- Evolving prisons and the changing face of female prisoners -- Drugs : use, abuse, and treatment -- Physical and mental health care -- Women and children first -- Death and dying -- We want you back : the return to society -- Still more problems than solutions.

Owning institution

1. Harvard Library

Language

1. English

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references (p. 193-212) and index.

Processing action (note)

1. committed to retain