Includes bibliographical references (p. 104-107) and index.
Contents:
Women's prisons : what's it like to live behind bars? -- Mental illness, health care, and other special issues for incarcerated women -- Safe behind bars? : women guarded by men -- Family affair : incarcerated women and the families they leave behind -- International offenders : imprisoned women around the world -- Helping women inmates : what works?.
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