NATIONAL STUDY OF WOMEN'S CORRECTIONAL PROGRAMS

• NCJ Number: 41042
• Author(s): R M GLICK; V V NETO
• Date Published: 1977
• Length: 388 pages
• Grant Number(s): 74-NI-99-0052
• Sponsoring Agency: US Dept of Justice; US Dept of Justice NIJ Pub
• Corporate Author: California Dept of the Youth Authority
• Sale Source: Superintendent of Documents, GPO; National Institute of Justice/
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

STUDY FUNDED BY LEAA TO CONDUCT THE FIRST COMPREHENSIVE EXAMINATION OF PROGRAMS AND SERVICES PROVIDED FOR WOMEN IN CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTIONS AND TO DEVELOP A DEMOGRAPHIC PROFILE OF THE INCARCERATED FEMALE OFFENDER.

Abstract

SIXTEEN STATE PRISONS, 46 COUNTY JAILS, AND 36 COMMUNITY-BASED PROGRAMS WERE STUDIED IN FOURTEEN STATES. THE STATES SURVEYED WERE: COLORADO, FLORIDA, GEORGIA, ILLINOIS, INDIANA, MICHIGAN, MINNESOTA, NEBRASKA, NEW YORK, MASSACHUSETTS, NORTH CAROLINA, TEXAS, WASHINGTON, AND CALIFORNIA. THIS FINAL REPORT ON THE STUDY FINDINGS DESCRIBES THE PHYSICAL FACILITIES IN WHICH WOMEN ARE INCARCERATED AS WELL AS THE PROGRAMS AND SERVICES AVAILABLE IN PRISONS, JAILS, AND COMMUNITY-BASED PROGRAMS. A PROFILE OF THE INCARCERATED FEMALE OFFENDER IS DEVELOPED BASED ON A QUESTIONNAIRE ADMINISTERED TO 1,607 WOMEN REPRESENTING 6,466 WOMEN INMATES IN STATE PRISONS AND COUNTY JAILS IN THE FOURTEEN STATES. THE INTERRELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN SUCH VARIABLES AS PHYSICAL FACILITIES, PROGRAMS, ADMINISTRATIVE PHILOSOPHY AND INMATE PERSPECTIVES ON PROGRAMS ARE ALSO EXPLORED. DATA ON COMMUNITY-BASED PROGRAMS ARE ANALYZED SEPARATELY. A FINAL SECTION PRESENTS SOME IMPLICATIONS OF THE DATA FOR PROGRAM PLANNING AND IDENTIFIES FUTURE RESEARCH NEEDS. A POSTSCRIPT DESCRIBES POPULATION AND PROGRAM CHANGES IN THE YEAR FOLLOWING THE DATA COLLECTION PHASE (SPRING AND EARLY SUMMER OF 1975). APPENDED MATERIALS INCLUDED A DESCRIPTION OF THE STUDY METHODOLOGY, COPIES OF THE RESEARCH INSTRUMENTS (INCLUDING THE INMATE QUESTIONNAIRE), AND A TWELVE-PAGE BIBLIOGRAPHY ON THE FEMALE OFFENDER.