No Safe Haven: Stories of Women in Prison (The Northeastern Series on Gender, Crime and Law) - Hardcover

Girshick, Lori B.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1555533736 ISBN 13: 9781555533731

Publisher: Northeastern Univ Pr, 1999

Synopsis

Drawing on interviews with 40 women inmates at a minimum security prison in North Carolina and their families, friends, and social service providers, Girshick (sociology and women's studies, Warren Wilson College, Asheville, NC) argues that treatment of women creates circumstances that lead some of them to break the law. Incarcerated, they remain a largely invisible population as unsafe and insecure as outside of prison. She makes policy recommendations for community involvement and societal changes. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

About this title

About the Author:

Lori B. Girshick is a sociologist and community activist. She teaches sociology and women's studies at Warren Wilson College. She lives outside of Asheville, North Carolina.

From Library Journal:

Though the women's prison population is small, it is growing, and the needs of incarcerated women can be quite different from men. Girshick (sociology, Warren Wilson Coll.) interviewed 40 prisoners at the Black Mountain minimum security prison in North Carolina, as well as members of their families and prison staff and volunteers, to learn more about the women's prison experience. She discusses the women's backgrounds, their concerns about their families, the support services they need in order to make their lives better, and their hopes for the future. It is especially interesting to learn why the volunteers decided to become involved with the prisoners and what feelings they have toward the inmates. Though Girshick could have expanded her suggestions on how to improve the prison experience and on ways communities are succeeding in keeping women out of the prison system, her book makes an interesting addition to criminology, women's studies, and sociology collections.ADanna C. Bell-Russel, Library of Congress, Washington, DC
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About this edition

• Publisher: Northeastern Univ Pr
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 1555533736
• ISBN 13: 9781555533731
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 201