Making It in the Free World: Women in Transition from Prison

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SUNY Press, Feb 1, 2001 - Social Science - 201 pages
This is the first study to address the important but neglected topic of how women return to the free world after single or multiple experiences of incarceration. It uses first-person narratives and a comprehensive review of contemporary theory to provide useful suggestions for practitioners and policymakers concerned with responding to the increasing number of women in the criminal justice system.

 

Contents

Chapter Two Establishing Home
25
Chapter Three From the Inside Out
53
Chapter Four Reconstructing Relationships
87
Chapter Five It Could Be Otherwise
117
Epilogue Two Years Later
143
Appendix B Summary of Study Participants
159
Notes
173
Index
195
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Patricia O Brien is Assistant Professor at the University of Illinois at Chicago, Jane Addams College of Social Work.

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