HISTORY
The treatment and processing of female offenders has a long history of presenting issues in the areas of policy-making, social community, and in the criminal justice system as a whole.
The Prison Trajectory
Some of the standards for female imprisonment today were set in England before evolving through American colonization and progressive ideas about reforming female deviants emerged. There are two interwoven histories at play in the trajectory of female imprisonment: that of black females and minorities, and that of white females. Guess which group continues to be marginalized today? |
Part I: Historical Treatment and Processing of Female Offenders
(Shelden, 2010) What is Involved in Gender-Specific Programming?
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Part II: The Reform Movement
(Shelden, 2010) Part III: What Does This Mean Today?
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The Point: Pathways To Crime
What began as inklings throughout history has become abundantly clear today:
What are these pathways?
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