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Book Reviews : Women Prisoners: A Forgotten Population . Edited by Beverly R Fletcher, Lynda Dixon Shinor, and Drema G. Moon. Westport, CT: Praeger, 1993, 188 pp., $47.95 (hardbound). Rabbis, Lawyers, Immigrants, Thieves: Exploring Women's Roles. By Rita J. Simon. Westport, CT: Praeger, 1993, 254 pp., $49.95 (hardbound

Book Reviews : Women Prisoners: A Forgotten Population . Edited by Beverly R Fletcher, Lynda... the book makes a useful contribution. It should be Nevertheless, of interest to those in the health care as well as working professions, to the social whose are its scientists examination. professions L. GOODMAN JANIS School Social Work of University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Women Prisoners: Edited R Fletcher, A Forgotten Population . by Beverly Dixon and Drema G. Moon. CT: Shinor, Lynda Westport, Praeger, $47.95 1993, 188 (hardbound). pp., Thieves: Women’s Roles. Rabbis, Lawyers, Immigrants, Exploring By Rita Simon. CT: $49.95 J. (hardbound). Westport, Praeger, 1993, 254 pp., Women Prisoners: A is the of a of Forgotten Population report study inmates in two Oklahoma women’s that was conducted to prisons a better of the effects and interaction of institu- gain understanding tional and recidivism. The editors and authors have a experiences feminist but their about the lack of perspective, justified complaints attention to female offenders in the literature are so criminology that the book does Nevertheless, repetitious they appear annoying. in an if somewhat issues such discuss, interesting disorganized way, as self-esteem and of and substance abuse, prisoners’ history physical the attitudes of correctional African American and staff, inmates, women on death row. The most relevant deal with http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Affilia: Journal of Women and Social Work SAGE

Book Reviews : Women Prisoners: A Forgotten Population . Edited by Beverly R Fletcher, Lynda Dixon Shinor, and Drema G. Moon. Westport, CT: Praeger, 1993, 188 pp., $47.95 (hardbound). Rabbis, Lawyers, Immigrants, Thieves: Exploring Women's Roles. By Rita J. Simon. Westport, CT: Praeger, 1993, 254 pp., $49.95 (hardbound

Affilia: Journal of Women and Social Work , Volume 9 (3): 2 – Oct 1, 1994

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10.1177/088610999400900308
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the book makes a useful contribution. It should be Nevertheless, of interest to those in the health care as well as working professions, to the social whose are its scientists examination. professions L. GOODMAN JANIS School Social Work of University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Women Prisoners: Edited R Fletcher, A Forgotten Population . by Beverly Dixon and Drema G. Moon. CT: Shinor, Lynda Westport, Praeger, $47.95 1993, 188 (hardbound). pp., Thieves: Women’s Roles. Rabbis, Lawyers, Immigrants, Exploring By Rita Simon. CT: $49.95 J. (hardbound). Westport, Praeger, 1993, 254 pp., Women Prisoners: A is the of a of Forgotten Population report study inmates in two Oklahoma women’s that was conducted to prisons a better of the effects and interaction of institu- gain understanding tional and recidivism. The editors and authors have a experiences feminist but their about the lack of perspective, justified complaints attention to female offenders in the literature are so criminology that the book does Nevertheless, repetitious they appear annoying. in an if somewhat issues such discuss, interesting disorganized way, as self-esteem and of and substance abuse, prisoners’ history physical the attitudes of correctional African American and staff, inmates, women on death row. The most relevant deal with

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Affilia: Journal of Women and Social WorkSAGE

Published: Oct 1, 1994

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