NCJ Number
108515
Journal
International Journal of Comparative and Applied Criminal Justice Volume: 11 Issue: 2 Dated: (Winter 1987) Pages: 263-271
Date Published
1987
Length
9 pages
Annotation
Most of the sociological research on women in prison has found that women survive psychologically by adopting surrogate family roles.
Abstract
The typical women's prison structure is a colony of disjointed family units. The only questions that has been asked in the literature is, How are these families functional for the women involved? To the extent that findings are determined by the question that is asked, I am posing the query, How are prison families dysfunctional for the women involved? The present paper uncovers political, social, and personal dysfunctions. (Publisher abstract)