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Women in prison : gender and social control /
"Women in Prison explores how the gender-based attitudes that women bring to prison frame how they respond to the prison environment - and how gender stereotypes continue to affect the treatment and opportunities of incarcerated women today." "The authors focus especially on how the p...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Boulder, Colo. :
Lynne Rienner Publishers,
2003.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | "Women in Prison explores how the gender-based attitudes that women bring to prison frame how they respond to the prison environment - and how gender stereotypes continue to affect the treatment and opportunities of incarcerated women today." "The authors focus especially on how the personal and social problems imported into the prison setting become part of the intricate web of prison culture. Their study reveals just how extensively women's prison experience reflects the control and domination they experienced in the outside world."--Jacket |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (x, 251 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-238) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781588269454 1588269450 |