Readings on Incarcerated Women
Prepared by Dr. Susan Sharp ~ April, 2010
Allard, P. (2007). Research to action. Women & Criminal Justice, 17(2), 27-42.
Arriola, K. J., Smith, L. S., & Farrow, M. (2006). Criminalizing the victim: Interpersonal violence in the lives of incarcerated women. In R. L. Braithwite, K. J. Arriola, & C. Newkirk (Eds.), Health issues among incarcerated women (3-17). New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press.
Arriola, K. J., Braithewaite, R. L., & Newkirk, C. (2006). An overview of incarcerated women’s health. In R. L. Braithwite, K. J. Arriola, & C. Newkirk (Eds.), Health issues among incarcerated women (3-17). New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press.
Atwood, J. (2000). Too much time: Women in prison. London, England: Phaidon Press Limited.
Belknap, J. E. (2001). The invisible women: Gender, crime, and justice (second edition). Belmont, CA: Wadsworth/Thomson Learning.
Belknap, J. E., & Holsinger, K. (2006). The gendered nature of risk factors for delinquency. Feminist Criminology, 1 (1), 48-71.
Blanchette, K., & Brown, S. L. (2006). The assessment and treatment of women offenders: An integrative perspective. Chichester, England: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
Bliss, M. J., Cook, S. L., & Kaslow, N. J. (2006). An ecological approach to understanding incarcerated women’s responses to abuse. Women & Therapy, 29 (3/4), 97-116.
Bloom, B. (Ed.). (2003). Gendered justice: Addressing female offenders. Durham, NC: Carolina Academic Press.
Bloom, B., Owen, B., & Covington, S. (2002). Gender-responsive strategies: A summary of research, practice, and guiding principles for women offenders. Washington, D.C.: National Institute of Corrections.
Braithwite, R. L., Arriola, K. J., & Newkirk, C. (Eds.), Health issues among incarcerated women. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press
Brown, L. S., & Ballou, M. (2002). Rethinking mental health & disorder: Feminist perspectives. New York, NY: The Guilford Press.
Bruns, C. M. & Lesko, T. M. (1999). In the belly of the beast. Women & Therapy, 22(2), 69-85.
Chesney-Lind, M. & Pasko. P. (2004). The female offender: Girls, women and crime. Thousand Oaks: Sage Press, Inc.
Cook, S. L., Smith, S. G., Tusher, C. P., & Raiford, J. (2005). Self-reports of traumatic events in a random sample of incarcerated women. Women & Criminal Justice, 16 (1/2), 107-126.
Cook, S. L., Smith, S. G., Tusher, C. P., & Raiford, J. (2005). Self-reports of traumatic events in a random sample of incarcerated women. Women & Criminal Justice, 16 (1/2), 107-126.
Edwards, V, J., Holden, G. W., Felitti, V. J. & Anda, R. F. (2003). Relationship between multiple forms of childhood maltreatment and adult mental health in community respondents: Results from the adverse childhood experiences study. American Journal of Psychiatry, 160(8), 1453-1460.
Enos, S. (2001). Mothering from the inside: Parenting in a women’s prison. Albany, NY: State University of New York Press.
George, E. (2010). A woman doing life: Notes from a prison for women. Oxford, England: Oxford University Press.
Girshick, L.B. (1999). No safe haven: Stories of women in prison. Boston: Northeastern University Press.
Glaze, L. E., & Maruschak, L. M. (2008). Parents in prison and their minor children, (NCJ 222984). Washington, D.C.: Bureau of Justice Statistics. Retrieved 1/29/10 from http://bjs.ojp.usdoj.gov/content/pub/pdf/pptmc.pdf
Gonnerman, J. (2004). Life on the outside: The prison odyssey of Elaine Bartlett. New York, NY: Farrar, Straus, and Giroux.
Goodman, L. A., & Epstein, D. (2008). Listening to battered women: A survivor-centered approach to advocacy, mental health, and justice. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
Hannah-Moffat, K. (2009). Gridlock or mutability: Reconsidering “gender” and risk assessment. Criminology & Public Policy, 8(1), 209-219
Haney, L. A. (2010). Offending women: Power, punishment, and the regulation of desire. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press.
Harden, J., & Hill, M. (Eds). (1998). Breaking the rules: Women in prison and feminist therapy. Binghamton, NY: The Harrington Park Press.
Herman, J. L. (1992). Trauma and recovery. New York, New York: BasicBooks.
Kruttschnitt, C., & Macmillan, R. (2006). The violent victimization of women: A life course perspective. In K. Heimer & C. Kruttschnitt (Eds), Gender and crime: Patterns in victimization and offending, (278-334). New York, NY: New York University Press.
Law, V. (2009). Resistance behind bars: The struggles of incarcerated women. Oakland, CA: PM Press.
Leeder, E. (Ed.). (2006). Inside and out: Women, prison, and therapy. [Special issue]. Women & Therapy, 29(3/4).
Marcus-Mendoza, S. T. (2004). Feminist therapy behind bars. Women’s Studies Quarterly, 32 (3/4), 49-60.
Marcus-Mendoza, S. T., Klein-Saffran, J., & Lutze, F. (1998). A feminist examination of boot camp prison programs for women. Women & Therapy, 21 (1), 173-185.
Marcus-Mendoza, S. T., Sargent, E., & Chong Ho, Y. (1994). Changing perceptions of the etiology of crime: The relationship between abuse and female criminality. Journal of the Oklahoma Criminal Justice Research Consortium, 1, 13-23.
Marcus-Mendoza, S., & Wright, E. (2004). Decontextualizing female criminality: Treating abused women in prison in the United States. Feminism & Psychology, 14(2), 250-255.
Morash, M. (2009). A great debate over using the Level of ServiceInventory-Revised (LSI-R) with women offenders. Criminology & Public Policy, 8(1), 173-181
Morash, M., & Schram, P. 2002. The prison experience: Special issues of women in prison. Long Grove, IL: Waveland Press, Inc.
O’Brien, P. (2001) Making it in the free world: Women in transition from prison. Albany, NY: State University of New York Press.
Owen, B. (1998). “In the mix”: Struggle and survival in a women’s prison. Albany, NY: State University of New York Press.
Pitman, L. (2010). Oklahoma Department of Corrections Female Offender Operations Fiscal Year 2009 Annual Report. http://www.doc.state.ok.us/field/female/FY%202009%20Female%20Offender%20Operations%20Annual%20Report-A.pdf
Pollock, J. (1998). Counseling women in prison. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Press, Inc.
Quina, K., & Brown, L. S. (Eds). (2007). Trauma and dissociation in convicted offenders: Issues of gender, science, and treatment. New York: The Haworth Press.
Richie, B. E. (1996). Compelled to crime: The gender entrapment of battered black women. New York, New York: Routledge.
Salisbury, E. J., Van Voorhis, P., and Spiropoulos, G. V. (2009). The predictive validity of a gender-responsive needs assessment: An exploratory study. Crime & Delinquency, 55 (4), 550-585.
Schram, P., & Koons-Witt, B. (2004). Gendered (in)justice: Theory and practice in feminist criminology. Long Grove, IL: Waveland Press.
Sharp, S. F., (Ed). (2003). The incarcerated woman: Rehabilitative programming in women’s prisons. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall.
Sharp, S. F. (2005). Oklahoma Study of Incarcerated Mothers and Their Children: Phase III. Oklahoma City, OK: Oklahoma Commission on Children and Youth.
Sharp, S. F. (2006). It’s Not Just Men Anymore: The Criminal Justice System and Women in the 21st Century. The Criminologist, 31 (2).
Sharp, S. F. (2008) The Real Cost of Incarcerating Mothers :Study of Incarcerated Women and Their Children. Oklahoma Commission on Children and Youth.
Sharp, S. F. (2008) Breaking the Cycle of Violence: Study of Incarcerated Women and Their Children. Oklahoma Commission on Children and Youth.
Sharp, S. F., & Marcus-Mendoza, S. T. (2001). It’s a family affair: Incarcerated women and their families. Women & Criminal Justice, 12(4), 21-49.
Sharp, S. F. & Pain, P. (2010). Oklahoma Study of Incarcerated Women and Their Children, 2009. Oklahoma Commission on Children and Youth. http://www.okkids.org/documents/Study%20of%20Incarcerated%20Women%20and%20Their%20Children%20-%20Report%20-%202010%20(Final).pdf
Sheehan, R. McIvor, G., & Trotter, C. (Eds.). (2007). What works with women offenders. Devon, England: Willan Publishing.
Sobel, W. J., West, H. C. & Cooper, M. (2009). Prisoners in 2008. Washington, D.C.: Bureau of Justice Statistics. Retrieved 1/29/10 from http://bjs.ojp.usdoj.gov/content/pub/pdf/p08.pdf.
Sommers, E. K. (1995). Voices from within: Women who have broken the law. Toronto, Canada: University of Toronto Press.
Talvi. S. J. A. (2007). Women behind bars: The crisis of women in the U. S. prison system. Emeryville, CA: Seal Press.
Trounstine, J. (2001). Shakespeare behind bars: The power of drama in a women’s prison. New York, NY: St. Martin’s Press.
U. S. Department of Justice. (1999). Substance abuse treatment: State and Federal prisoners, 1997. Washington, D.C: U.S. Government Printing Office.
Van Voorhis, P., Salisbury, E., Wright, E. & Bauman, A. (2007). The NIC gender responsive assessment project: Results at 2 years. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Society of Criminology, Atlanta.
Williams, L. M. (Ed.). (2004). Women, crime, and the criminal justice system. [Special issue]. Women’s Studies Quarterly, 32 (3&4).
Wright, E. M., Salisbury, E. J., & Van Voorhis, P. (2007). Predicting the prison misconducts of women offenders: The importance of gender-responsive needs. Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice, 23 (4), 310-340.
Young, V., & Reviere, R. (2006). Women behind bars: Gender and race in U.S. prisons. Boulder, CO: Lynne Rienner Publishers
Zaplin, R. (2008). Female offenders: Critical perspectives and effective interventions. Sudbury, MA: Jones and Bartlett Publishers.
Zlotnick, C. (2002). Treatment of incarcerated women with substance abuse and posttraumatic stress disorder, final report. Rockville, MD: National Criminal Justice Referencing Service (NCJRS).
Link to the research on Oklahoma inmates published in the Journal of the Oklahoma Criminal Justice Research Consortium: http://www.doc.state.ok.us/offenders/ocjrc/index.htm