Marking Time in the Golden State: Women's Imprisonment in California

, by Candace Kruttschnitt , Rosemary Gartner

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ISBN: 9780521532655 | 0521532655
Cover: Paperback
Copyright: 11/22/2004

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In this book, the authors examine how women prisoners" lives changed over time and how they were affected by a new generation of prisons.

List of Figures and Tables

Acknowledgments

1. Introduction

(7)

The Study Unfolds

(2)

Overview

(2)

2. Women, Crime, and Punishment in California

(31)

Crime, Criminal Justice, and Politics in California, 1960 to 1998

(12)

Women, Crime, and Criminal Justice in California, 1960 to 1998

(10)

An Overview of Women's Imprisonment in California, 1960 through 1998

(6)

Conclusion

(2)

3. Entering the Prisons: Methods

(26)

A Temporal Study of the California Institution for Women, Frontera

(7)

Expanding the Research into an Institutional Comparison

(17)

Conclusion

(1)

4. Women's Experiences of Imprisonment at the California Institution for Women in the 1960's and the 1990's

(30)

Relationships among Official Philosophies and Practices of Imprisonment and Prisoners' Experiences

(4)

Official Philosophies and Practices of Imprisonment at the California Institution for Women in the Early 1960's

(5)

Official Philosophies and Practices of Imprisonment at the California Institution for Women in the Mid-1990's

(5)

Prisoners' Views on and Responses to the Prison Regime and Staff at the California Institution for Women

(7)

Prisoners' Views on and Relations with Other Prisoners at the California Institution for Women

(4)

Conclusion

(3)

5. Variations across Time and Place in Women's Prison Experiences

(26)

Official Philosophies and Practices of Imprisonment at Valley State Prison for Women in the late 1990's

(4)

Prisoners' Views on and Responses to the Prison Regime and Staff at Valley State Prison for Women

101

(5)

Prisoners' Views on and Relations with Other Prisoners at Valley State Prison for Women

106

(2)

Survey Data on Prisoners' Experiences of Doing Time

108

(11)

Conclusion

119

(2)

6. Negotiating Prison Life: How Women "Did Time" in the Punitive Era of the 1990's

121

(36)

The Pioneers: Prisonization, the Inmate Code, and Argot Roles

123

(3)

Rule Breaking and Mental Health

126

(1)

Recasting Concepts of Women Inmates' Responses to Prison

127

(2)

Conceptualizing "Doing Time"

129

(7)

Exploring Institutional Differences

136

(2)

Understanding the Different Ways Women "Do Time"

138

(5)

A Different View of Women's Responses to Imprisonment

143

(11)

Evaluating Women's Responses to Prison

154

(3)

7. Conclusion: The Spectrum of Women Prisoners' Experiences

157

(6)

Appendix: Characteristics of Interviewees

163

(10)

References

173

(16)

Author Index

189

(3)

Subject Index

192

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Marking Time in the Golden State: Women's Imprisonment in California

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