"In the mix" : struggle and survival in a women's prison / Barbara Owen.
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TextSeries: SUNY series in women, crime, and criminologyPublication details: Albany : State University of New York Press, �1998.Description: 1 online resource (xii, 219 pages)Content type: - text
- computer
- online resource
- 0585090181
- 9780585090184
- Central California Women's Facility
- Central California Women's Facility
- Women prisoners -- California -- Social life and customs
- Women prisoners -- California -- Case studies
- Reformatories for women -- California -- Case studies
- Female offenders -- United States -- Psychology
- SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Penology
- Female offenders -- Psychology
- Reformatories for women
- Women prisoners
- Women prisoners -- Social life and customs
- California
- United States
- Research
- Career Choice
- Training Support
- 365/.9794 21
- HV9475.C3 C876 1998eb
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.
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