Women in prison : gender and social control / edited by Barbara H. Zaitzow, Jim Thomas.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-238) and index.

Gendered control in prisons: the difference difference makes / Jim Thomas -- "Doing gender" in a women's prison / Barbara H. Zaitzow -- Gendered perceptions of dangerous and dependent women: "gun molls" and "fallen women" / Esther Heffernan -- Women's stories of survival and resistance / Kathleen J. Ferraro and Angela M. Moe -- Abused women and incarceration / Lori B. Girschick -- Imprisoned mothers and their children / Susan F. Sharp and M. Elaine Eriksen -- Gender, race, and sexuality in prison / Mary Bosworth -- Parallels in the prison experiences of women and men / Richard S. Jones and Thomas J. Schmid -- Ultramasculine stereotypes and violence in the control of women inmates / Faith E. Lutze -- Conclusion: moving forward / Jim Thomas.

"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."--Jacket

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