Women represent a small fraction of those under the supervision of the criminal justice
system and are disproportionately underrepresented within the correctional system. For …

With the dramatic increase in the number of women offenders under correctional
supervision, researchers and advocates are calling for correctional strategies that are …

In recent decades, the number of women under criminal justice supervision has increased
dramatically. In 1990, there were approximately 600,000 women in prisons or jails, on …

This article identifies how the female prison population differs from the male inmate
population. First, females are less likely to have committed violent offenses and more likely …

Some of the most neglected, misunderstood, and unseen individuals in our society are the
more than 1 million women in our jails, prisons, and community correctional facilities …

Since 1990, the number of incarcerated women has increased by 108 percent, while the
number of incarcerated men has increased 77 percent. Although these statistics do not …

Mandatory sentencing guidelines and gender-neutral sentencing policies are largely
responsible for the dramatic increase and repetitive incarcerations of female prisoners. Not …

ALTHOUGH PRISONERS in general have been a forgotten and neglected part of the
population, incarcerated females have been particularly so. In addition to gender differences …

The pathways that lead a female child into ultimate criminality and imprisonment are unique
to the female gender. Yet the criminal justice system today, partly due to a backlash against …

The rapid increase in the number of incarcerated women, the growing recognition of the
limitations of male-oriented prison services in the rehabilitation of women, and the …