Focusing on an often overlooked subject, this volume explores women's incarceration, from the first women-only prison to modern state-of-the-art facilities.
... Learned Hopefulness and Learned Helplessness Women in domestically violent relationships have been found to adjust their behavior based on experiences of learned hopefulness and learned helplessness . Learned hopefulness is a " a ...
Women in Prison takes a look at the multiple specificities that bring women into the prison system. Drawing on empirical sources and original research, and relying primarily on interviews of...
Women in Prison
Focusing on an often overlooked subject, this volume explores women's incarceration, from the first women-only prison to modern state-of-the-art facilities.
Based on interviews with nearly 1,000 female inmates and prison officials, the author examines the inequitable treatment of women in prison and gives female inmates the opportunity to describe their...