Making It in the Free World: Women in Transition from Prison
Author:   Patricia O'Brien
Publisher:   State University of New York Press
ISBN:  

9780791448625


Pages:   212
Publication Date:   01 February 2001
Format:   Paperback
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Making It in the Free World: Women in Transition from Prison


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Explores how women inmates make the transition from prison back into society.

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Author:   Patricia O'Brien
Publisher:   State University of New York Press
Imprint:   State University of New York Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.336kg
ISBN:  

9780791448625


ISBN 10:   0791448622
Pages:   212
Publication Date:   01 February 2001
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Awaiting stock   Availability explained
The supplier is currently out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you and placed on backorder. Once it does come back in stock, we will ship it out for you.

Table of Contents

Foreword Preface Acknowledgments 1. Making It in the ""Free World"" 2. Establishing Home 3. From the Inside Out 4. Reconstructing Relationships 5. It Could Be Otherwise Epilogue: Two Years Later Appendix A: Research Design Appendix B: Summary of Study Participants Notes References Index

Reviews

Extremely well written and addressing an important but neglected topic, this book is significant and critical to the area of women's prisons. The first-person narratives are very powerful. -Barbara Owen, author of In the Mix : Struggle and Survival in a Women's Prison


Author Information

Patricia O'Brien is Assistant Professor at the University of Illinois at Chicago, Jane Addams College of Social Work.

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