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Female Offenders: Special Needs and Southern State Challenges
Publication year:
2000
| Cataloged on:
Oct. 31, 2006
ANNOTATION: Narrative and statistics describing the increasing number of women in prison, their special needs, and how Southern U.S. correctional agencies have addressed these issues are presented. Contents include: the female offender population -- trends, offenses and correctional facilities; women's needs (such as health care, education, vocational training, work programs, and family matters), corrections policies (such as staffing issues and privacy concerns), and programs; facilities, policies, programs, and procedures -- Southern state comparisons; and report summary -- state challenges, planning, and future research.