num_pages: 320
description: This book takes a comprehensive look at women in America's prisons, covering the history of women's prisons, crime rates, and sentencing practices. It provides detailed descriptions of prisoner subcultures, programs, management and staff issues, and legal issues of female prisoners, while also expanding beyond U.S. soil to compare women's prisons in other countries.
language: English
title: Women, Prison, and Crime
titlecomplete: Women, Prison, and Crime
ratings_count: 14
publisher: Cengage Learning