Marking time in the Golden State : women's imprisonment in California /

"In recent decades, the nature of criminal punishment has undergone profound change in the United States. This case study of women serving time in California in the 1960s and 1990s examines two key points in this recent history. The authors begin with a look at imprisonment at the California In...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Kruttschnitt, Candace
Otros Autores: Gartner, Rosemary, 1952-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, UK. ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2005.
Colección:Cambridge studies in criminology (Cambridge University Press)
Temas:
Women prisoners > California.
Female offenders > California.
Criminal justice, Administration of > California.
Prisonnières > Californie.
Criminelles > Californie.
Justice pénale > Administration > Californie.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Penology.
Criminal justice, Administration of.
Female offenders.
Women prisoners.
Weibliche Gefangene
Frauengefängnis
California.
Kalifornien
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Women, crime and punishment in California
  • Entering the prisons : methods
  • Women's experiences of imprisonment at the California Institution for Women in the 1960s and the 1990s
  • Variations across time and place in women's prison experiences
  • Negotiating prison life: how women 'did time' in the punitive era of the 1990s
  • Conclusion: The spectrum of women prisoners' experiences.

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