| Women, Crime and Culture Contributor(s): Wells, Robert Marshall (Author) |
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ISBN: 3838313615 ISBN-13: 9783838313610 Publisher: LAP Lambert Academic Publishing OUR PRICE: $81.05 Product Type: Paperback Published: September 2009 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Criminology - Social Science | Gender Studies |
| Physical Information: 0.64" H x 6" W x 9" (0.92 lbs) 284 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This study explores the Residential Parenting Program (RPP) at the Washington Corrections Center for Women, where offenders may keep their infants and small children with them while serving prison sentences. This investigation offers insights into a unique and innovative program that aims to halt the cycle of criminality that afflicts at-risk segments of the U.S. female population - particularly those who are economically and educationally disadvantaged. Extensive interviews and participant observation were used to determine how the program functions on a day-to-day basis, how the women of the RPP construct their past experiences with crime and the drug world, how they describe everyday life in the program, and how they articulate their hopes for the future. The study also examines the transitions of women and children who leave the program and attempt to reenter society. |