RT Article
T1 Life Before “I Killed the Man That Raped Me”: pre-Prison Life Experiences of Incarcerated Women With Life Sentences and Subsequent Treatment Needs
JF Women & criminal justice
VO 28
IS 1
SP 63
OP 80
A1 Fedock, Gina
LA English
YR 2018
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1733298851
AB The number of incarcerated women serving a life sentence is growing. This subpopulation rarely receives programming in prison or even inclusion in intervention studies’ samples. According to importation theory, characteristics of prisoners’ pre-prison experiences guide the types of interventions provided to prisoners. This study examined the importation factors for a sample of women serving life sentences and used thematic analysis to understand these factors. The primary theme was the dominance of trauma in women’s pre-prison lives with four connected sub-themes that highlight treatment needs pre-and during prison. One implication of this study is improving prison policies to include this subpopulation in treatment opportunities.
K1 Life-sentence
K1 Mental Health
K1 Pre-incarceration trauma
K1 Substance Abuse
K1 Treatment
K1 Women Prisoners
DO 10.1080/08974454.2017.1294131