NCJ Number
175344
Editor(s)
J Harden,
M Hill
Date Published
1998
Length
212 pages
Annotation
This collection of articles examines how feminist therapists can help women in prison.
Abstract
The 12 articles in this volume discuss: (1) a contextual framework for understanding the issues facing women in prison and their children; (2) important policy and service implications for different ethnic/racial groups; (3) the impact of prison on women survivors of childhood sexual abuse; (4) a comparison study of women who have and have not murdered their abusive partners; (5) how motherhood is enacted under the circumstances of incarceration; (6) lesbian relationships in prison, differences between inside and outside gay love, and implications for counseling gay inmates or ex-inmates dealing with sexuality issues; (7) a feminist intervention strategy using systems theory and restorative justice in treating female adolescent offenders; (8) a psychosocial group model among women inmates that focuses on their roles and identities as mothers; (9) girls in jail; (10) issues and needs of addicted women; (11) art therapy in a women's prison; and (12) a feminist examination of boot camp prison programs for women. References, table, appendix, figures, index