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Author Young, Vernetta D.

Title Women behind bars : gender and race in US prisons / Vernetta D. Young, Rebecca Reviere.

Publication Info. Boulder, Colo. : Lynne Rienner Publishers, [2006]
©2006

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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  365.43 Y77W    Check Shelf
Description xi, 219 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-212) and index.
Contents Equal rights or lost opportunities? -- A brief history of punishment -- Evolving prisons and the changing face of female prisoners -- Drugs : use, abuse, and treatment -- Physical and mental health care -- Women and children first -- Death and dying -- We want you back : the return to society -- Still more problems than solutions.
Subject Women prisoners -- United States.
Minority women -- United States -- Social conditions.
Minority women -- United States -- Economic conditions.
Added Author Reviere, Rebecca.
ISBN 1588263711 hardcover alkaline paper
1588263959 paperback alkaline paper
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