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Showing 1 to 19 of 19 for “"Women prisoners"”.
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Planning for the outside from the inside : female prisoners' experience of pre-release and the construction of a new life
… too often the case in criminological research, women are underrepresented in these areas of investigation and there is currently no UK study on the prison based resettlement practices of women prisoners and the relation this has to desistence. This research therefore aims to investigate how …
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“Poor forsaken colored girls:” Rebecca Latimer Felton, white supremacy, and prison reform, 1865-1900
<p>The main argument of this thesis is that The Women's Prison Reform Movement, from 1865-1900, was constructed around both gendered and racial ideologies that linked so-called "proper" womanhood to whiteness and marked black women as subhuman, impure, and unable to be reformed, and that this …
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Predicting Staff Sexual Misconduct In Female Housing Units: Individual Versus Social Climate Factors
… larger investigation of violence and conflict in women's correctional facilities, over four thousand women prisoners from 15 facilities and 80 housing units rated the kinds of inmate and staff problems they felt existed in their housing units, including staff sexual misconduct. Due to the data …
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Prodigal daughters: Imprisoned women, reform, and the femine ideal in the British Isles, 1800-1877
In Prodigal Daughters: Imprisoned Women, Reform, and the Feminine Ideal in the British Isles, 1800-1877, I examine the image(s) of imprisoned women, attempts to reform them, movements for prison reform, and the relationship between England and Ireland. After the 1853 Penal Servitude Acts, convict …
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Ordering For Care And Caring For Order: Medical Power In English Prisons
… the differential impact of medical power on women. prisoners; the relationship between "less-eligibility" and the medical care of the confined; the resistance of prisoners to medical power; the inter-relationship between professional power and the English state. From this dialectical …
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Temporomandibular Disorder Related Characteristics and Treatment Outcomes in Oromandibular Dystonia Patients in Two Different Clinical Settings: A Cross-Sectional Study
… We excluded patients <18 years old, pregnant women, prisoners, non-English speakers, patients with dementia, OMD diagnosis secondary to Parkinson’s disease and Tardive dyskinesia patients. The survey questionnaire was designed to collect information on demographic characteristics, clinical …
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Bullying amongst prisoners
… bullying behaviours among adult men and women prisoners in relation to personal/descriptive and prison-related behavioural characteristics (e.g. behaviours indicative of non-compliance with the regime), differences in social problem-solving, social self-esteem and assertiveness. The …
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Manajemen konflik narapidana wanita: Studi di Lapas Wanita Klas II A Malang
… respon ENGLISH: By understanding the conflict women prisoners will be able to overcome the vulnerability of conflict on the prisoner. Conflict management can produce a solution that is satisfactory to both parties involved in the conflict. Solutions that satisfy both parties will eliminate the …
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Female Offenders : A Study of the Characteristics of Self-Esteem, Dependency, and Psychological Androgyny and How These Characteristics Differ in Three Correctional Settings
… system. The sample consisted of twenty-five women in each of the following three subgroups: probation, a community correctional facility, and the Iowa Correctional Institution for Women. The statistical analyses utilized to measure relationships was the Pearson Product Moment Correlation …
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An Exploratory Study of a Female Halfway House/Work Release Center
… of the residents at the Fort Des Moines Women's Residential Correctional Facility. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the gathered data and identify the variables which influence halfway house/work release effectiveness and success. Procedure. The data were collected by using …
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Comparisons of inmate offense severity ratings and attitudes toward rehabilitation
… of female inmates in a California state women's prison.
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Comparisons of inmate offense severity ratings and attitudes toward rehabilitation
… of female inmates in a California state women's prison.
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The media consumption patterns of female inmates
This dissertation investigated the media consumption patterns of female inmates at the Corradino Correctional Facility. The purpose of the study was to determine the role that media plays in the unique situation of incarceration and how the inmates use media opportunities in this specific …
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Assessment of Psychopathy in Incarcerated Females
Psychopaths constitute only an estimated 1% of the population, yet they are responsible for a disproportionately large number of violent and nonviolent crimes. The literature addressing this syndrome among male offenders is quite extensive. In contrast, psychopathy and its underlying factor …
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An Exploration of the College-Educated Female Incarceration Experience
… incarceration rate. During 2006, the number of women in prison increased by approximately 4.5 %. The increase of female prisoners from 2005 to 2006 was larger than the average growth rate of 2.9% from 2000 through 2005. Women ages 35 to 39 made up the largest percentage of female prisoners. At …
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Prisoner reentry and reintegration : perspectives of the women involved in Outcare's St John of God Women's Program
… and supporting the successful transition of prisoners into the wider community following release is a challenge that has received increasing attention on the part of both researchers and policymakers alike, especially considering the great costs to the community of crime and incarceration. …
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The Struggle for Space : Youth Participation in 'Ngoma' groups in Globalizing Tanzania
… themselves such as children, wazee (old men and women), prisoners and pregnant women. Bellino (2014: 4) reveals that no matter how tricky the participation is, taking part in politics makes youth feel that they have regained a sense of control over their lives. Young people are not always opposed …