The Imprisonment of African American Women: Causes, Experiences and Effects, 2d ed. - Softcover

Collins, Catherine Fisher

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0786433841 ISBN 13: 9780786433841

Verlag: McFarland, 2010

Inhaltsangabe

Book by Catherine Fisher Collins

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Críticas

"recommended for all collections"--Choice; "child care, medical conditions, the children of women prisoners, the treatment of incarcerated women in Third World countries, alternatives to prison and future trends are all discussed"--Criminal Justice Abstracts; "Collins' indictment of current penal arrangements and the inadequacy of treatment of African-American female offenders (and the detrimental effect of incarceration on their children) places the existence and interaction of race, gender, and class hierarchies at the heart of differential enforcement"--American Studies.

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One out of every 18 African American women born in the United States can expect to go to jail at some point during her lifetime. There, she will likely be faced with overcrowded living conditions, inadequate health care, and few opportunities for impro

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• Verlag: McFarland
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0786433841
• ISBN 13: 9780786433841
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Auflage: 2
• Anzahl der Seiten: 212