Women in Prison in the 1990s: A Temporal and Institutional Comparison

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Principal Investigator(s): Kruttschnitt, Candace; Gartner, Rosemary

Summary: This study explores the attitudes, perceptions and experiences of women in two prisons in California. The study includes both a temporal component comparing women's experiences in one prison in the early 1960s and the mid-1990s, and a comparative institutional component, comparing women's experiences in two different prisons operating in the social and policy milieu of the mid-1990s. It analyzes surveys of inmates and secondary data collected from official records, archives, and an ear... (view details)

Persistent URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR31221.v1

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