LibGuides: Law Enforcement & Criminal Justice: Sex Discrimination

Books & Ebooks

Crime, Gender, and Sexuality in Criminal Prosecutions by Louis A. Knafla (Editor)
ISBN: 9780313310133
Publication Date: 2002-07-30
Inner Lives: Voices of African American Women In Prison by Paula C. Johnson; Angela J. Davis (Afterword by); Joyce A. Logan (Foreword by)
ISBN: 9780814742549
Publication Date: 2003-04-01
Justice for Girls?: stability and change in the youth justice systems of the United States and Canada by Jane B. Sprott; Anthony N. Doob; Franklin E. Zimring (Foreword by)
Call Number: HV9104.S67 2009
ISBN: 9780226770048
Publication Date: 2009-12-01
Race, Gender, and Mental Illness in the Criminal Justice System by Melissa Thompson
ISBN: 9781593321291
Publication Date: 2005-11-01

Women's Prisons: Old Problems and New Solutions Once solely a realm of punishment, some prisons now offer choices intended to educate, empower, and, ultimately, liberate. This program goes inside three women’s prisons in the U.S. and Canada, contrasting old and new correctional philosophies. Key differences between the countries’ systems are noted, such as the level of tolerance for sexual relationships between inmates. Interviews with the women poignantly highlight their struggles with drugs, suicide, motherhood, and physical and sexual abuse. The warden of the Kentucky Correctional Institute for Women, the District Director of the Burnaby Correctional Centre for Women in British Columbia, and other prison officials discuss giving a second chance to women who often never had a first. (47 minutes)