NCJ Number
37076
Date Published
1975
Length
14 pages
Annotation
OVERVIEW OF THE HISTORY OF WOMEN'S IMPRISONMENT IN THE ENGLISH PRISON SYSTEM, RECORDED CRIMINALITY AND SOCIETAL REACTION TO IT, AND PARTICULAR PROBLEMS INVOLVED IN PUTTING WOMEN IN PRISON.
Abstract
CRIME STATISTICS FOR FEMALE OFFENDERS ARE COMPARED WITH THOSE FOR MALE OFFENDERS. A CHART LISTS PENAL ESTABLISHMENTS FOR WOMEN IN ENGLAND AND WALES AND THEIR AVERAGE DAILY POPULATION IN 1972. THE SOCIOLOGY OF WOMEN'S PRISONS IS STUDIED, USING FINDINGS OF ANALYSES OF HOMOSEXUALITY AMONG FEMALE INMATES IN US PRISONS. THE AUTHOR ALSO DISCUSSES FUTURE TRENDS TOWARD THERAPEUTIC RATHER THAN PUNITIVE TREATMENT FOR FEMALE PRISONERS.