Women in Jail
A Brief Insight into the County Jail Experience
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 14835210 |
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| Authors | Lynn M Deitrick (Lehigh Valley Hospital and Health Network, Allentown, Pa) |
| Year | 2007 |
| Volume | 29 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 15-19 |
| Publication date | 2007-04-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Practicing Anthropology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0888-4552 • E-ISSN: 2994-1628 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.17730/praa.29.2.482357123402t887 |
| OpenAlex | W2006230715 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 2 |
Changes in US social policy over the past several decades have resulted in increasing numbers of women being incarcerated in county jails (Greenfield 1999). Greenfield (1999) and Freudenberg (2002) report that the proportion of women in jails during the 1990's has grown at a faster rate than that for males
Criminology · Sociology · Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis · Demography · Homelessness and Social Issues · Psychology · Psychopathy, Forensic Psychiatry, Sexual Offending
| Highly cited | No |
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