Women in prison : gender and social control /

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"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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Zaitzow, Barbara H., Thomas, Jim, 1941-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Boulder, Colo. : Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2003.
Temas:
Women prisoners > United States.
Sex role > United States.
Prisonnières > États-Unis.
Rôle selon le sexe > États-Unis.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Penology.
Sex role
Women prisoners
United States
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Gendered control in prisons: the difference difference makes / Jim Thomas
  • "Doing gender" in a women's prison / Barbara H. Zaitzow
  • Gendered perceptions of dangerous and dependent women: "gun molls" and "fallen women" / Esther Heffernan
  • Women's stories of survival and resistance / Kathleen J. Ferraro and Angela M. Moe
  • Abused women and incarceration / Lori B. Girschick
  • Imprisoned mothers and their children / Susan F. Sharp and M. Elaine Eriksen
  • Gender, race, and sexuality in prison / Mary Bosworth
  • Parallels in the prison experiences of women and men / Richard S. Jones and Thomas J. Schmid
  • Ultramasculine stereotypes and violence in the control of women inmates / Faith E. Lutze
  • Conclusion: moving forward / Jim Thomas.

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