The Imprisonment of African American Women: Causes, Experiences and Effects, 2D Ed.

ISBN-13: 9780786433841 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 210 str.

Catherine Fisher Collins

Opis

This book reviews the disproportionate number of African American women making up the United States prison population, looking particularly at how the nation s prison systems are ill-equipped to meet the basic needs of its ever-growing population. Topics covered include reasons why young African American women are first drawn into criminal behavior; trends connecting incarceration to physical, emotional, or sexual abuse; the effects of incarceration on inmates families and children; and possible preventive measures or alternatives to imprisonment."