A Comprehensive Study of Female Offenders: Life Before, During, and After Incarceration

A Comprehensive Study of Female Offenders: Life Before, During, and After Incarceration
ISBN-10
0398078122
ISBN-13
9780398078126
Category
Social Science
Pages
279
Language
English
Published
2008
Publisher
Charles C Thomas Publisher
Author
Martin Guevara Urbina

Description

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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