Research Catalog

Title

Women prisoners : a forgotten population / edited by Beverly R. Fletcher, Lynda Dixon Shaver, and Dreama G. Moon ; foreword by George Henderson ; illustrations by Lisa J. Billy.

Publication

Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 1993.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Fletcher, Beverly R.
• Dixon, Lynda Dee.
• Moon, Dreama G.

Description

xxiv, 188 p. : ill., maps; 24 cm.

Subject

Women prisoners > United States

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [153]-167) and index.

Contents

The woman prisoner / Beverly R. Fletcher, Garry L. Rolison, and Dreama G. Moon -- Self-esteem and the woman prisoner / Constance Hardesty, Paula G. Hardwick, and Ruby J. Thompson -- Patterns of substance use among women in prison / Dreama G. Moon, Ruby J. Thompson, and Regina Bennett -- Abuse and the woman prisoner / Elizabeth Sargent, Susan Marcus-Mendoza, and Chong Ho Yu -- African American women in prison / Deborah Binkley-Jackson, Vivian L. Carter, and Garry L. Rolison -- Women on death row / Kathleen A. O'Shea -- Perspectives on correctional organizations / Dreama G. Moon, Beverly R. Fletcher, and Lynda Dixon Shaver -- Attitudes of correctional staff / Chong Ho Yu and Susan Marcus-Mendoza -- The relationship between language culture and recidivism among women offenders / Lynda Dixon Shaver -- Toward an integrated theory of female criminality and incarceration / Garry L. Rolison.

Call Number

JFE 98-3937

ISBN

0275942201 (alk. paper)

LCCN

92038231

OCLC

27220107

Title

Women prisoners : a forgotten population / edited by Beverly R. Fletcher, Lynda Dixon Shaver, and Dreama G. Moon ; foreword by George Henderson ; illustrations by Lisa J. Billy.

Imprint

Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 1993.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (p. [153]-167) and index.

Added Author

Fletcher, Beverly R.

Dixon, Lynda Dee.

Moon, Dreama G.

Research Call Number

JFE 98-3937