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1 online resource (295 pages) |
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A COMPREHENSIVE STUDY OF FEMALE OFFENDERS; CONTENTS; Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION; Chapter 2 CHARACTERISTICS OF AMERICAN PRISONERS:; Chapter 3 THE LIVES OF FEMALE PRISONERS; Chapter 4 INMATES' INVOLVEMENT WITH THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM; Chapter 5 AN EXPLORATION OF FEMALE PRISONS AND WOMEN THEY CONTROL; Chapter 6 THE MANY FACES OF WOMEN'S HEALTH; Chapter 7 LIVING UNDER THE SAME ROOF:; Chapter 8 CRITICAL ISSUES:; Chapter 9 LIFE AFTER PRISON; Chapter 10 CONCLUSION; EPILOGUE: THOUGHTS FOR THE FUTURE; NOTES; REFERENCES; INDEX |
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Few empirical studies have focused on women in prison. In the last few years, though, a number of studies have demonstrated that there are fundamental differences between male and female prisoners in an ever-changing penal system. Consequently, there has been a need for more comprehensive studies of female offenders for three primary reasons: (1) imperative research gaps remain to be bridged; (2) the female prison experience is not constant; and (3) prison rates for female offenders, especially minority offenders, have increased considerably in the last few years. A central goal of this book |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-268) and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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Female offenders.
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Female offenders -- United States
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Women prisoners.
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Women prisoners -- United States
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Prisoners
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prisoners.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Criminology.
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Female offenders
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Women prisoners
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Weibliche Gefangene
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Gefängnis
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United States
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USA
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780398085995 |
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0398085994 |
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