Research Catalog

Title

In search of safety : confronting inequality in women's imprisonment / Barbara Owen, James Wells, and Joycelyn Pollock.

Author

Owen, Barbara A.

Publication

Oakland, California : University of California Press, 2017.

Details

Additional Authors

• Wells, James, Ph.D.
• Pollock, Joycelyn M., 1956-

Description

1 online resource.

Summary

Based on extensive mixed-methods data, this work examines gendered violence and conflict in women's prisons. Conflict and violence in the prison are located in intersectional inequalities and cumulative disadvantage, reflecting their pathways to prison.

Series Statement

Gender and justice ; 3

Uniform Title

Gender and justice ; 3.

Subject

• Women prisoners > United States > Social conditions
• Prisons > Social aspects > United States
• Women prisoners > Violence against > United States

Note

• Previously issued in print: 2017.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Audience (note)

• Specialized.

Source of Description (note)

• Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on August 14, 2017).

ISBN

9780520963566

OCLC

EDZ0001725487

Author

Owen, Barbara A., author.

Title

In search of safety : confronting inequality in women's imprisonment / Barbara Owen, James Wells, and Joycelyn Pollock.

Publisher

Oakland, California : University of California Press, 2017.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

computer

Type of Carrier

online resource

Series

Gender and justice ; 3

Gender and justice ; 3.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Audience

Specialized.

Connect to:

California scholarship online:

Added Author

Wells, James, Ph.D., author.

Pollock, Joycelyn M., 1956- author.