Inner Lives : Voices of African American Women In Prison / Paula Johnson.
Johnson, Paula, author.; Davis, Angela J., contributor.; Davis, Angela J., contributor.; Logan, Joyce A., contributor.; Logan, Joyce A., contributor.
2003
HV9468 .J65 2002
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Title
Inner Lives : Voices of African American Women In Prison / Paula Johnson.
Author
Johnson, Paula, author.
ISBN
9780814743294
DOI
https://doi.org/10.18574/nyu/9780814743294.001.0001
Published
New York, NY : : New York University Press, [2003]
Copyright
©2003
Language
English
Language Note
In English.
Description
1 online resource
Item Number
10.18574/nyu/9780814743294.001.0001 doi
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HV9468 .J65 2002
Dewey Decimal Classification
365.4308996073
Summary
The rate of women entering prison has increased nearly 400 percent since 1980, with African American women constituting the largest percentage of this population. However, despite their extremely disproportional representation in correctional institutions, little attention has been paid to their experiences within the criminal justice system.Inner Lives provides readers the rare opportunity to intimately connect with African American women prisoners. By presenting the women's stories in their own voices, Paula C. Johnson captures the reality of those who are in the system, and those who are working to help them. Johnson offers a nuanced and compelling portrait of this fastest-growing prison population by blending legal history, ethnography, sociology, and criminology. These striking and vivid narratives are accompanied by equally compelling arguments by Johnson on how to reform our nation's laws and social policies, in order to eradicate existing inequalities. Her thorough and insightful analysis of the historical and legal background of contemporary criminal law doctrine, sentencing theories, and correctional policies sets the stage for understanding the current system.
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Davis, Angela J., contributor.
Davis, Angela J., contributor.
Logan, Joyce A., contributor.
Logan, Joyce A., contributor.
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Frontmatter
Contents
Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction
PART I ANALYSIS OF AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMEN'S EXPERIENCES IN THE U.S. CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM
PART II PROFILES AND NARRATIVES OF AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMEN IN THE U.S. CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM
A CURRENTLY INCARCERATED WOMEN
B FORMERLY INCARCERATED WOMEN
C CRIMINAL JUSTICE OFFICIALS AND SUPPORT NETWORKS
PART III CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
Afterword
Appendix A: Self-Study Course on African American Women's History
Appendix B: Resource Directory
Notes
Bibliography
Index
About the Author

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