An examination of some of the issues concerning custodial and non-custodial penalties and an overview of the current position of women in crime and custody. The book reports on existing provision for women in England and Wales and innovative projects in other countris.
An examination of some of the issues concerning custodial and non-custodial penalties and an overview of the current position of women in crime and custody. The book reports on existing provision for women in England and Wales and innovative projects in other countris.
The first book-length treatment of the nature of prison culture among women in thirty years, "In the Mix" describes the prison culture in a large California prison, from the point of view of the women themselves. Based on three years of study, including participant-observation, …
In the last decade there has been growing international concern about the increasing numbers of women in prison, the effects that imprisonment has on their children, the realisation that gaoled women have different criminal profiles and rehabilitative needs to male prisoners, an…
The major objective of this book is to describe and analyse contemporary opportunities for, and barriers to, both the reduction of female prison populations and the reduction of the pain of those women who continue to be imprisoned.