Women, Prison and Crime

Type :

Book review

Pages :

7 pages

Format :

.doc

Published date :

06/30/2008

Category :

Social studies

Sub category :

Sociology

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Summary :

There are three distinct differences between male and female prisons.
Prisons are more like cottages.
There are five categories of programs in women's prisons.
Like men, women who have little stake in society often resort to criminal behavior.
Many women don't want their children to know they are in prison.
Women tend to be more successful when challenging their cases.
The way the criminal justice system operated with its laws and set up.
The statistics are mainly from the early-mid 80's.
The biggest issue or concern at that time for women prisoners.
The lack of research may be due to the overall minor numbers of women prisoners.

Abstract

This book examines female institutions and the treatment of women inmates in the past and today. It focuses on why women are incarcerated, the different programs in prison available to them, crimes women commit, incarceration and crime rates compared to men, prison socialization, and how female prisons operate. It also looks at some of the positives and negative aspects of prison life and issues for women compared to male prisoners. According to the author, there are three distinct differences between male and female prisons. First, prisons for women are smaller. Second, there are fewer of them. Third, they are different than prisons for males.