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"In the mix" :

Owen, Barbara A.

"In the mix" : struggle and survival in a women's prison / Barbara Owen. - Albany : State University of New York Press, �1998. - 1 online resource (xii, 219 pages). - SUNY series in women, crime, and criminology . - SUNY series in women, crime, and criminology. .

Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-210) and indexes.

An introductory note -- Acknowledgments -- 1. In the mix: Struggle and survival in a women's prison -- 2. A quasi-ethnography of women in prison: An overview of methods -- 3. Pathways to imprisonment: Women's lives before incarceration -- 4. Time and place -- 5. Relationships inside and out -- 6. The mix: The culture of imprisoned women -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Subject index -- Author index.


English.

0585090181 9780585090184


Central California Women's Facility.
Central California Women's Facility.


Women prisoners--Social life and customs.--California
Women prisoners--California--Case studies.
Reformatories for women--California--Case studies.
Female offenders--Psychology.--United States
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Penology.
Female offenders--Psychology.
Reformatories for women.
Women prisoners.
Women prisoners--Social life and customs.
Research.
Career Choice.
Training Support.


California.
United States.


Case studies.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.

HV9475.C3 / C876 1998eb

365/.9794