Making It in the Free World
Women in Transition from Prison
Published on 1. February 2001
212 pages
978-0-7914-9115-7 (ISBN)
Description
Explores how women inmates make the transition from prison back into society.
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.
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Patricia O'Brien is Assistant Professor at the University of Illinois at Chicago, Jane Addams College of Social Work.
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.
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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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Patricia O'Brien is Assistant Professor at the University of Illinois at Chicago, Jane Addams College of Social Work.
Content
Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgments
1. Making It in the "Free World"
2. Establishing Home
3. From the Inside Out
4. Reconstructing Relationships
5. It Could Be Otherwise
Epilogue: Two Years Later
Appendix A: Research Design
Appendix B: Summary of Study Participants
Notes
References
Index
