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Results Of A National Survey Of Wardens In Women's Prisons: The Case For Gender Specific Treatment

Document Type

Article

Keywords

Female inmates, Gender specific, Prison wardens, War on drugs, Women in prison

Journal/Book/Conference Title

Women and Therapy

Volume

29

Issue

1-2

First Page

133

Last Page

151

Abstract

The pathways that lead a female child into ultimate criminality and imprisonment are unique to the female gender. Yet the criminal justice system today, partly due to a backlash against the women's movement, is sending women to prison in unprecedented numbers. Women's prisons today are constructed and operated according to a model developed to contain antisocial males. This article summarizes findings from a national survey of women's prison administrators to argue the case for a gender specific model for the treatment of female offenders. © 2006 by The Haworth Press, Inc. All rights reserved.

Department

Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Criminology

Original Publication Date

7-19-2006

DOI of published version

10.1300/J015v29n01_07

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