Women in Prison : : Gender and Social Control / / ed. by Jim Thomas, Barbara H. Zaitzow.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Lynne Rienner Press Complete eBook-Package 2013-2000
• MitwirkendeR: Bosworth, Mary,; Eriksen, M. Elaine,; Ferraro, Kathleen J,; Girshick, Lori B.,; Heffernan, Esther,; Jones, Richard S,; Lutze, Faith E.,; Moe, Angela M.,; Schmid, Thomas J.,; Sharp, Susan F,; Thomas, Jim,; Zaitzow, Barbara H.,
• HerausgeberIn: Thomas, Jim,; Zaitzow, Barbara H.,
• Place / Publishing House: Boulder : : Lynne Rienner Publishers, , [2022]; ©2003
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (251 p.)

It is old news that the conditions and policies of women's prisons are different from those of incarcerated men. Less evident, however, is how gender differences shape those policies, and how gender identity and roles shape women's adaptation and resistance to prison culture and control. Women in Prison explores how the gender-based attitudes that women bring to prison frame how they respond to the prison environment—and how gender stereotypes continue to affect the treatment and opportunities of incarcerated women today. The authors focus especially on how the personal and social problems imported into the prison setting become part of the intricate web of prison culture. Their study reveals just how extensively women's prison experience reflects the control and domination they experienced in the outside world.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Gendered Control in Prisons: The Difference Difference Makes -- 2 “Doing Gender” in a Women’s Prison -- 3 Gendered Perceptions of Dangerous and Dependent Women: “Gun Molls” and “Fallen Women” -- 4 Women’s Stories of Survival and Resistance -- 5 Abused Women and Incarceration -- 6 Imprisoned Mothers and Their Children -- 7 Gender, Race, and Sexuality in Prison -- 8 Parallels in the Prison Experiences of Women and Men -- 9 Ultramasculine Stereotypes and Violence in the Control of Women Inmates -- 10 Conclusion: Moving Forward -- References -- The Contributors -- Index -- About the Book