Except for lurid exploitation movies, incarcerated women are ignored by society. Yet because of mandatory sentences and "three strikes" legislation, their number is growing rapidly. Moreover, everything is complicated by the fact that the prisoners are also mothers and family caregivers. This new book takes readers behind the bars.
Cyndi Banks is associate professor of criminal justice at Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ.
"[A]nother addition to the thoroughly admirable Contemporary World Issues series. The books, available in print and e-book formats, are attractively produced and organized and filled with useful information for those interested in learning more about the 'vital issues' addressed by these volumes... This volume includes a rather extensive index. Altogether, this volume seems to meet the uniformly high standards of other volumes in this series. Although these volumes are primarily intended for students and interested members of the public, and are most appropriately acquired by secondary school and college libraries as well as public libraries, they will also provide scholars on women in prison with a handy reference source." - American Reference Books Annual
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