Women in prison
Subtitle: gender and social control
By: edited by Barbara H. Zaitzow and Jim Thomas.
Contributors: Zaitzow, Barbara H.; Thomas, Jim, 1941-
Publisher: Lynne Rienner Publishers
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Boulder, Colo
Language: eng
Number of pages: 251
Subjects: Women prisoners -- United States; Sex role -- United States
Description: "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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.