Women Behind Bars: Trends and Policy Issues

In the crusade to get tough on crime, policy makers have also gotten tough on women, drawing them into prisons in rapidly growing numbers. Today, incarcerated women are predominately poor, uneducated, and unskilled; are disproportionately African American and Latina young women with children; and ha...

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Main Author: Kaplan, Mark S. (Author)
Contributors: Sasser, Jennifer E.
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
Published: 1996
In:Year: 1996
Online Access: Volltext (kostenfrei)
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