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    Mutinous women : how French convicts became founding mothers of the Gulf Coast / by DeJean, Joan E.

    Published 2022
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    For dear life : women's decriminalization and human rights in focus / by Jacobsen, Carol (Artist)

    Published 2019
    Subjects: “…Women prisoners Civil rights United States.…”
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    All our trials : prisons, policing, and the feminist fight to end violence / by Thuma, Emily L.

    Published 2019
    Subjects: “…Women prisoners United States.…”
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    Women lifers : lives before, behind, and beyond bars / by Dye, Meredith Huey, 1976-, Aday, Ron H.

    Published 2019
    Subjects: “…Women prisoners United States.…”
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    Embodying punishment : emotions, identities, and lived experiences in women's prisons / by Chamberlen, Anastasia

    Published 2018
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    Caged women : incarceration, representation, & media /

    Published 2018
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    In search of safety : confronting inequality in women's imprisonment / by Owen, Barbara A., Wells, James, Ph.D, Pollock, Joycelyn M., 1956-

    Published 2017
    Subjects: “…Women prisoners United States Social conditions.…”
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    Ravensbrück : life and death in Hitler's concentration camp for women / by Helm, Sarah

    Published 2015
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    The ex-prisoner's dilemma : how women negotiate competing narratives of reentry and desistance / by Leverentz, Andrea M., 1973-

    Published 2014
    Subjects: “…Women prisoners Rehabilitation United States.…”
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    Women, punishment and social justice : human rights and penal practices /

    Published 2013
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    Breaking women : gender, race, and the new politics of imprisonment / by McCorkel, Jill A.

    Published 2013
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    Parental incarceration and the family : psychological and social effects of imprisonment on children, parents, and caregivers / by Arditti, Joyce A.

    Published 2012
    Subjects: “…Prisoners' families United States.…”
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    Women aging in prison : a neglected population in the correctional system / by Aday, Ron H.

    Published 2011
    Subjects: “…Women prisoners United States.…”
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    Girl Time : literacy, justice, and the school-to-prison pipeline / by Winn, Maisha T.

    Published 2011
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    Inside this place, not of it : narratives from women's prisons /

    Published 2011
    Subjects: “…Women prisoners United States Case studies.…”
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    Women and the criminal justice system / by Van Wormer, Katherine S.

    Published 2011
    Table of Contents: “…9: Wife and partner abuse -- Historical overview -- Box 9-1: Domestic violence: a personal narrative -- Nature and scope of the problem -- Teen dating violence -- Dating violence statistics -- Box 9-2: Dating abuse: warning signs -- Lesbian and gay couples -- Domestic violence among ethnic minorities -- Domestic homicide -- Men who kill their wives/partners -- Women who kill their husbands/partners -- Murder-suicide -- Dynamics of intimate abuse -- Marital rape -- Theories of partner abuse -- Societal stress -- Psychological viewpoints -- Systems theory -- Feminist explanations and the antifeminist backlash -- Box 9-3: Tombstone project -- Substance abuse connection -- Children witnessing violence -- Criminal justice process -- Empowerment -- Crisis intervention -- Shelters for battered women -- Box 9-4: Snapshot-a social worker's daily reality at a domestic violence shelter -- Treatment for batterers and prevention -- Summary -- Key terms -- Critical thinking questions -- Web destinations -- References -- 10: Women's victimization: global perspectives -- Impact of globalization -- Women's rights are human rights -- Violations of women domestically -- Wife beating -- Honor killing -- Immigration and domestic violence -- Legacy of the Iraq war -- Community-level victimization: sexual assault and sex trafficking -- Sex trafficking -- Victimization of women at the state level -- Rape in war -- Women, war, and peace -- Treatment of immigrants in U S detention -- Global initiatives for rights and justice -- Restorative justice -- Summary -- Key terms -- Critical thinking questions -- Web destinations -- References -- Part 5: Women As Professionals -- 11: Women in law enforcement -- Box 11-1: Excitement about being a cop -- History of women in policing -- Box 11-2: Women in law enforcement -- Barriers to women in policing -- Comparison of male and female officers' job performance -- Gender and culture: women are not wanted-this is a man's job -- Box 11-3: Percentage of sworn women police officers, 2001 -- Community to community: changing roles for police officers -- Sexual harassment in the police culture -- African American women in policing -- Success in a difficult career path -- Legal protections -- United States Civil Rights Act -- Fair Employment Practices (FEP) -- Tort laws and criminal charges -- Statute 42 United States Code Section 1983 -- Courts and findings of sexual harassment -- Reasonable woman standard -- Issues of women working as police officers -- Summary -- Key terms -- Critical thinking questions -- References -- Web destinations -- 12: Women in the legal profession -- Box 12-1: Lawyer juggles motherhood, cases -- History of women in law -- Box 12-2: Giving a hand up: providing leadership for today's generation -- Law school socialization -- Patriarchal nature of the world of law -- Legal practice: struggles in a man's world -- Women on the bench -- Gender, race, class -- Gender and discrimination -- Sexual harassment -- Synergistic nature of race, class, gender, and sexual orientation -- Mass media images -- Television and film portrayals -- Strengths of women attorneys -- Significance of women's entrance into the law -- Summary -- Key terms -- Critical thinking questions -- Web destinations -- References --…”
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    Interrupted life : experiences of incarcerated women in the United States /

    Published 2010
    Table of Contents: “…Certain Failures: Representing the Experiences of Incarcerated Women in the United States /…”
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    Reading is my window : books and the art of reading in women's prisons / by Sweeney, Megan, 1967-

    Published 2010
    Subjects: “…Women prisoners United States Books and reading.…”
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    Working with female offenders : a gender-sensitive approach / by Van Wormer, Katherine S.

    Published 2010
    Subjects: “…Women prisoners United States.…”
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