Research Catalog

Title

Prisons and women / Blanche Hampton.

Author

Hampton, Blanche, 1956-

Publication

Kensington NSW, Australia : New South Wales University Press ; Portland, Or. : International Specialized Book Services [distributor], 1993.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Criminology Research Council.
• Mercy Foundation.
• New South Wales Prisons Coalition. Women and Girls in Custody.

Description

xviii, 220 pages : illustrations; 24 cm

Summary

Arrest and interrogation - Rites of passage - Daily life - Legal and welfare - Health - Family and visits - Custodial officers - Inmates.

Subjects

• Female offenders
• Women prisoners > Social conditions
• Maisons de correction pour femmes > Australie
• Prisons
• Women prisoners > Australia > Psychology
• Australia
• Criminelles > Australie
• Female offenders > Australia
• Women prisoners - Australia
• Prisonnières > Australie > Psychologie
• New South Wales
• Women
• Prisonniers > Psychologie > Australie
• Women prisoners > Psychology
• Prisons - Australia
• Women prisoners > Australia > Social conditions
• Frauenstrafvollzug
• Prisonnières > Australie > Conditions sociales
• Reformatories for women > Australia
• Prison psychology > Australia

Note

• "This is a project supported by grants from the Criminology Research Council and the Mercy Foundation Ltd. under the auspices of Women and Girls in Custody, a subcommittee of the New South Wales Prisons Coalition."--Title page verso.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-215) and index.

Contents

Introduction -- 1. Overview -- 2. Arrest and interrogation -- 3. Rites of passage -- 4. The daily grind -- 5. Legal and welfare -- 6. Health -- 7. Family and visits -- 8. Custodial officers -- 9. Inmates -- 10. Post-release -- 11. If I had the job ... -- Appendix. Australian National Classification of Offences -- Notes -- Index.

ISBN

• 0868402214
• 9780868402215

LCCN

95105771

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries