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Showing 1 to 20 of 30 for “"incarcerated women"”.
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Performing (for) survival: performance tactics of incarcerated women
… this field, the thesis investigates the ways women in prison are positioned in a carceral performance that is cyclical and inevitably ‘tragic’. The argument considers the tactics women use in order to firstly, survive their incarceration, and sometimes, resist, the institution. The theoretical …
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Healthcare Encounters of Formerly Incarcerated Women: A Grounded Theory Study
… the United States. Nearly 7 percent (6.9%) were women (BJS, 2005). Recent trends in the adult correctional population suggest that there has been a stark increase in the number of formerly incarcerated women in the United States. The purpose of this research was to explore how formerly …
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Epidemiology of Hiv-Infection In Incarcerated Women In South Carolina
… population, the opposite remains true among incarcerated individuals. In the US and in most jurisdictions, HIV prevalence in the correctional setting is higher among female inmates when compared to males. This dichotomy is not fully understood and few studies have focused on women in the …
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Evaluating a Brief Sexual Violence Therapy Group for Incarcerated Women
<p>Incarcerated women report higher rates of sexual victimization and mental illness than the average woman and incarcerated men. Researchers have argued that sexual victimization is a pathway to prison for women, and that there is a lack of trauma-focused treatments in prisons. Some researchers …
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"Prospering in the Trees": The Meaning of Privacy for Incarcerated Women
<p>The rate of incarceration for women has grown more than 600% in the past three decades. Many of these incarcerated women have lives characterized by little education and employment as well as physical and sexual victimization, mental illness, substance abuse, and depression. Despite programs …
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In This Place Called Prison: How Religion Structures The Social World Of Incarcerated Women
… of ethnographic fieldwork inside a U.S. state women’s prison, this dissertation demonstrates that religion is central to many inmates’ daily activities. It contributes to their freedoms and privileges while also constraining their choices behind prison walls. Religion is woven into the fabric …
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Before, behind, and beyond bars: motherhood among previously incarcerated women in the Western Cape
In South Africa, women are a minority of the prison population, but their numbers have significantly increased since 2000, with many being mothers. Despite this rise, the experiences of incarcerated women are under-researched and misrepresented, limiting the knowledge and understanding of these …
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Child Abuse, Intimate Partner Violence, and Resiliency in Incarcerated Women: Attachment as a PTSD Moderator
… post-traumatic stress. It was hypothesized that incarcerated female survivors of IPV would have a significantly higher proportion of CA than the proportion of CA in the general population. It was hypothesized that women who had endured abuse as children would have higher rates of sexual …
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From Injustice to Social Justice Education: The Journey of Formerly Incarcerated Women of Color in Community College
<p>There is a growing rate of women of color in the U.S. prison system—their intersectional identities are hypercriminalized surrounding the nexus of oppressive barriers they experience (Annamma, 2017). The lack of awareness, understanding, and advocacy for carceral-impacted women of color in …
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Distress Tolerance in Relation to Treatment Persistence, Engagement, and Improvement in an Exposure-Based Treatment for Sexually Abused Incarcerated Women
<p>Incarcerated populations are disproportionately affected by traumatic experiences and symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Many effective treatments for PTSD utilize exposure-based techniques which require engaging with emotionally distressing content. However, individuals with PTSD …
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Using leisure as a coping tool: A feminist study of the recreational experiences of incarcerated women in a Puerto Rican prison
… the stress of incarceration in the lives of incarcerated women in a women’s prison in Puerto Rico. The study took place in the Escuela Industrial de Mujeres at Vega Alta, Puerto Rico. The methods of this qualitative study consisted of individual interviews and focus groups to gather the …
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The Experiences of Women Reintegrating After Prison: An Explorative Qualitative Study on Women Released from Prisons and Jails in Canada
Women are among the fastest growing prison populations in Canada, often with adverse backgrounds, complex life circumstances, and unique criminogenic needs. However, limited criminological and sociological inquiry focusses on the experiences of criminalized and formerly incarcerated women in …
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Home Visiting with Justice System Involved Women: A Qualitative Study
… and their home visiting work with pregnant incarcerated women. The study explored the experience in services, support and barriers encountered by pregnant incarcerated women receiving home visiting services. Method: Study participants included focus groups with (a) pregnant women in jail (n …
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Embracing Messiness: Life and Leadership After Prison
<p>Incarceration rates for women have increased by 840% since 1980. Incarcerated women are disproportionately uneducated, poor, women of color with an 80% likelihood of being mothers. The process of negotiating self-concept is complicated considering the many stigmas being a formerly incarcerated …
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Seeing the State: Women, Incarceration, and Social Marginality
… photo-elicitation interviews with 36 formerly incarcerated women, this dissertation answers three central research questions: (1) How does the state structure women's post-incarceration experiences? (2) How do these post-incarceration experiences relate to women's experiences of criminalization …
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Mothers Behind Bars: The Lived Experience
… have been conducted by nurses that focus on incarcerated women. In fact, there are a limited number of research studies with a focus on the incarcerated female by any individual group of health professionals. The purpose of this qualitative study was to explore the lived experience of the …
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Women in prison: Do visits from children influence inmate behavior?
The number of women in prison is increasing at an alarming rate in the United States today. Because nearly 75 percent of incarcerated women are mothers of minor children, the issue of maintaining family relations deserves special attention. This study examines child visitation and its relationship …
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Case Study: Breastfeeding Facilitation and Initiation within one Prison Nursery Program
<p>Breastfeeding rates of incarcerated women in the U.S. are unknown. As the female prison population rises, little to no data exists on breastfeeding initiation within prison nursery programs. The purpose of this case study was to assess breastfeeding facilitation and initiation within one prison …
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Forgotten In Local Jails: A Carceral System Created To Fail Women.
<p>The United States has seen an influx of incarcerated women since the 1980s with a 750% increase between 1980 and 2017. There is a substantial amount of literature about how women experience prison and the unique challenges they face as they reenter society such as motherhood, previous abuse, …
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THE IMPACT OF EARLY EXPERIENCE ON CURRENT MENTAL HEALTH AND QUALITY OF PARENTING IN INCARCERATED MOTHERS
… adult parenting behaviors among a population of incarcerated women in San Bernardino, CA. An archival data set was utilized. Data were collected from three hundred thirty-six female participants in the San Bernardino County Jail System in 2011, aged 18 – 60 years (M = 34.02). Only those who are …
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