Women behind bars : the crisis of women in the U.S. prison system / Silja J.A. Talvi.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Talvi, Silja J. A.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women prisoners--United States.

Women prisoners.

Prisoners--United States.

Prisoners.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (385 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Emeryville, CA : Seal Press, c2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

More and more women-mothers, grandmothers, wives, daughters, and sisters-are doing hard prison time all across the United States. Many of them are facing the prospect of years, decades, even lifetimes behind bars. Oddly, there's been little public discussion about the dramatic increase of women in the prison system. What exactly is happening here, and why? The answers are in Women Behind Bars, in which investigative journalist Silja Talvi sheds light on why American girls and women are being locked up at such unprecedented rates. Talvi travels across the country...

Contents:

Contents; Preface; Introduction; Afterword; Notes; Selected Bibliography; Acknowledgments; Index; About the Author

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 333-342) and index.

ISBN:

1-283-00794-0

9786613007940

0-7867-5079-0

OCLC:

654956879